Showing posts with label Jharkhand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jharkhand. Show all posts

10 August 2015

Stampede at Indian temple leaves 10 dead, dozens hurt

One of the Hindu pilgrims injured in a stampede during a Hindu religious festival at a temple in Deoghar town is brought for treatment at a hospital in Ranchi, Jharkhand state, India, Monday, Aug.10, 2015. Thousands of people tried to force their way into the temple when its gates opened at daybreak, police said.
A stampede at a temple during a Hindu religious festival left 10 pilgrims dead and dozens injured early Monday in eastern India, police said.

 Thousands of people tried to force their way into the temple when its gates opened at daybreak in Deoghar, a town in Jharkhand state, police officer Subodh Kumar said.
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8 August 2015

5 WOMEN ACCUSED OF BEING WITCHES BEATEN TO DEATH IN INDIA

The bodies of women, who have been accused of practicing witchcraft, are placed in a truck in Kinjia village in Jharkhand state, India, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015. Dozens of villagers in eastern India beat to death five women Saturday, accusing them of practicing witchcraft and blaming them for a series of misfortunes in the village, police said.
Dozens of villagers in eastern India beat to death five women Saturday, accusing them of practicing witchcraft and blaming them for a series of misfortunes in the village, police said.

Residents of Kinjia village in Jharkhand state dragged the women out of their homes and beat them with sticks and iron rods, said Arun Kumar Singh, a deputy inspector-general of police in Ranchi, Jharkhand's capital.
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