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On Wednesday, many people were killed in the world’s largest religious festival in the world, as many hundreds of millions of devotees went to bathe in one of the most sacred days of the Hindu festival.
According to the special executive officer of the festival, Akanasha Rana, the incident of crushing was crushed at the Maha Kambha Mela in the city of Prager.
Indian authorities do not have Confirming the number of casualties. Rana said on Wednesday morning that “several people” were injured and taken to the hospital, but these officials are still assessing the damage.
Reuters and local media reported to witnesses that they were watching several bodies near the river, where the incident took place, and photos of Reuters show that bodies were being raised from the site on stretchers.
Video Shown by the news agency Ambulances brought large crowds and casualties to a nearby hospital. Security personnel can be seen helping the devotees, as if scattered blankets and luggage stand on the ground.
Talking to local media, the devotees said that the incident happened around 1:30 pm local time and described the landscapes with the fall of people and others in different directions.
“Suddenly, there was a huge crowd and we got stuck somehow. A woman told local media from outside the hospital.
The incident happened when about 100 million Hindu devotees from all over the world were expected to visit this site. According to local media reports, look at a sacred water in a sacred water on Wednesday and in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
On Wednesday, the most important day of the Maha Kambha festival has been identified as Moni Amwiya, when pilgrims come to the Ganges, Yamona, and ancient myths to bathe at the junction of the rivers.
More than six weeks, an amazing 400 million people are expected to attend the festival, or their festivals The sacred pitOn the banks of the river of the pro thunder.
Religious gatherings in India are not unusual, and there have been deadly incidents in the past, which often highlight the crowds and the lack of security measures. In 2013, dozens of people were killed and injured when a crowd crushed at a railway station in Allahabad when pilgrims gathered for this year’s Kambha festival.
Prior to the festival in the Pro Gurge, officials said that additional security measures have been taken to protect the visitors, including a security ring, which has more than a thousand police officers along the city’s checkpoints.
The central government said More than 2,700 security camera Artificial intelligence will also be placed around the city, which has been overseen by hundreds of experts.
The government added that aerial drones were erected to provide surveillance from above and, for the first time, the underwater drone was activated to provide a 24 -hour cover, capable of diving up to 100 meters.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
