At least a dozen people have been confirmed dead following a deadly crush during the massive religious Kumbh Mela festival in northern India, according to eyewitness accounts and hospital sources. Official reports on the total number of casualties or injuries remain unconfirmed.
BBC correspondent Samira Hussain described the scene at the riverbank as one of “absolute chaos,” with discarded clothes, shoes, blankets, and backpacks scattered across the area as crowds desperately tried to flee.
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Despite the suspension of the famous bathing ritual by event organizers, tens of thousands of people continued to crowd the site, with officials initially predicting as many as 100 million attendees for the day’s ceremony.
