{"id":54686,"date":"2014-10-04T10:05:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T07:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=54686"},"modified":"2014-10-04T10:05:20","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T07:05:20","slug":"33-killed-in-stampede-in-india-during-hindu-festival-54686","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/33-killed-in-stampede-in-india-during-hindu-festival-54686\/","title":{"rendered":"33 killed in stampede in India during Hindu festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_54687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54687\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-54687\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Stampede-India-Nationalturk-4-610x348.jpg\" alt=\" A woman injured in stampede in India being shifted to hospital.\" width=\"610\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Stampede-India-Nationalturk-4-610x348.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Stampede-India-Nationalturk-4-280x160.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Stampede-India-Nationalturk-4.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman injured in stampede in India being shifted to hospital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>33 people, including children and women were killed and 29 others injured in a stampede during a Hindu festival in India.<\/h1>\n<p>New Delhi, Oct 4: At least 33 people were killed in a stampede during a Hindu festival in Indian State of Bihar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c33 people including women and children died in the stampede that took place last evening during a Hindu festival (Dussehra) in Patna, capital of Indian state of Bihar,\u201d a senior police official said.<\/p>\n<p>He said 25 people sustained injuries in the stampede and have been hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>The official said 29 of the dead have been identified so far and identity of the remaining was being ascertained.<\/p>\n<p>The chaotic scenes were witnessed at the hospitals where dead and injured were shifted as desperate locals, looking for their missing relatives, clashed with security forces.<\/p>\n<p>The stampede, according to police official, was caused when the Hindus were burning the effigy Ravana (devon king) during the festival at Gandhi Maidan, last evening.<\/p>\n<h2>Thousands had gathered to watch event<\/h2>\n<p>Thousands of Hindus had gathered in the area to watch the event. The half-km stretch of the road from Gandhi Maidan was littered with shoes, slippers and other objects abandoned by the fleeing crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The stampede occurred in a narrow road outside the sprawling ground as people were returning after watching Dussehra celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>Media reports quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the stampede was triggered by a rumour that a live electric wire had fallen on the ground, which quickly spread through the crowd, prompting a rush for the gates.<\/p>\n<p>The government has launched a probe into the cause of the stampede.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government has asked top officials to investigate the incident, especially the cause of the stampede,&#8221; said an official in Bihar Chief Minister&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>He said the officials have been directed to complete the investigation and submit the report within 24 hours. \u00a0\u201cThe truth will come out after a thorough inquiry into the incident\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh has sought a report from the Bihar government on the incident.<\/p>\n<p><em>Write your comments and thoughts below<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Asia News<strong>\/ NationalTurk India\u00a0News\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>33 people, including children and women were killed and 29 others injured in a stampede during a Hindu festival in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":732,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,80,63,1,118,101,14],"tags":[14239,73938,73932,73936,59864,73934,73937,59862,21548,73931,2546,10338,43968,73933,40744,53129,73935,11536],"class_list":["post-54686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia","category-breaking-news","category-daily","category-general","category-hot","category-politics","category-world","tag-bihar","tag-bihar-government","tag-chaotic-scenes","tag-devon-king","tag-dussehra","tag-effigy","tag-gandhi-maidan","tag-hindu-festival","tag-hindus","tag-in-patna","tag-india","tag-indian-home-minister","tag-indian-state","tag-missing-relatives","tag-probe","tag-rajnath-singh","tag-ravana","tag-stampede"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}