At least 12 people died and 15 others suffered injuries in a crowd surge at a popular Hindu shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
This frame grab from an NNIS video taken on Jan. 1, 2022 shows a packed crowd of devotees at the Vaishno Devi shrine, one of the country's most revered Hindu sites, near Katra town in Jammu and Kashmir union territory. A crowd surge at a popular Hindu shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 12 people and injured 15 others on New Year’s Day, officials said.
"Something happened near one of the gates and I found myself under a crush of people. I suffocated and fell but somehow managed to stand up," said Mahesh, who gave only one name. Press Trust of India news agency quoted police chief Dilbag Singh as saying that authorities were quick to respond and the order within the crowd was immediately restored.Another devotee named Priyansh said he and 10 friends from New Delhi arrived Friday night to visit the shrine. He said two of his friends died in the crush."Extremely saddened by the loss of lives due to a stampede," Modi wrote.
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