At Least 6 Die in Stampede at Temple in Southern India, Report Says

At Least 6 Die in Stampede at Temple in Southern India, Report Says
The Department of Emergency Medicine in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India, on Jan. 9, 2025, in a still from video. ANI via Reuters/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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NEW DELHI—At least six people died and dozens were injured in a stampede Wednesday among hundreds at the entry of a temple in southern India, the Press Trust of India news agency said.

The stampede occurred as police opened the temple gates, the agency cited temple Chairman B.R. Naidu Naidu as saying.