India, Vijay and political rally
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A stampede that killed dozens at a south India political rally happened after a crowd of thousands waited hours in baking heat without sufficient safeguards, officials and witnesses said Sunday.Deadly crowd incidents happen repeatedly during mass gatherings in India,
Karur: An eight-member NDA delegation led by BJP MP and actor Hema Malini reached Tamil Nadu on Tuesday to study the circumstances that led to the September 27 stampede at TVK chief Vijay’s rally in Karur, where 41 people -- including women and children -- were killed and more than 60 were injured.
A tragic stampede at a rally in Tamil Nadu on Saturday resulted in the deaths of 39 people. In the aftermath of the incident, Karur Town police have registered a case against TVKs Karur West district secretary,
China on Monday expressed "deep condolences" and sympathies to the families of those killed in a stampede at actor-politician Vijay-led rally in Tamil Nadu's Karur town. Forty-one persons were killed and dozens injured in the stampede on Saturday.