February 12, 2025
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As tens of millions flocked to soak in holy river waters on the most auspicious day of a six-week Hindu festival, a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on Wednesday claimed dozens of lives, according to police sources and a Reuters witness.

Authorities have not yet formally announced the number of casualties, but more than 12 hours after the catastrophe at the largest human gathering in history, bodies were still being transported to the nearby Moti Lal Nehru Medical College hospital mortuary.

Three police sources told Reuters that about 40 bodies were taken to the mortuary. There were 39 bodies in the mortuary, according to a Reuters witness. A fourth officer and one of the three police sources claimed that all 39 were stampede victims.

More people are arriving. Here, we have almost forty bodies. According to one of the individuals, “We are also moving them out and giving them to families one by one.” About six individuals were searching the mortuary for their loved ones, while fifteen ambulances were parked outside. In response to a request for comment, senior police officer Vaibhav Krishna stated that officers were occupied with crowd control and could not provide official numbers.

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