At Least 60 Are Dead and Scores Are Injured after a Stampede at a Religious Event in Northern India

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Five people died on Wednesday morning, and 28 people are still hospitalized.
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Deadly stampedes are relatively common at Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas with shoddy infrastructure and few safety measures.
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Many of the attendees slipped on the muddy ground and fell into a water-logged ditch and were crushed to death when others fell on top of them.
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The deadly crush took place at a religious function known as a satsang held in a village in Hathras, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday when hundreds of thousands of devotee turned up to see Bhole Baba, a popular self-styled guru.
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