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Deadly stampede

February 10, 2013 11:00 pm • Last Updated: February 10, 2013 10:35 pm

An Indian man weeps as he holds his wife who was killed in a stampede on a railway platform Sunday at the main railway station in Allahabad, India. At least 10 Hindu pilgrims attending the Kumbh Mela were killed and more then 30 were injured in a stampede on an overcrowded staircase, according to Railway Ministry sources.

An Indian man weeps as he holds his wife who was killed in a stampede on a railway platform Sunday at the main railway station in Allahabad, India. At least 10 Hindu pilgrims attending the Kumbh Mela were killed and more then 30 were injured in a stampede on an overcrowded staircase, according to Railway Ministry sources.

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