10 die in stampede at goat sacrifice
Source: Agencies |
October 18, 2010, Monday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
AN argument over sacrificing goats during a Hindu festival sparked a stampede that killed 10 people yesterday in a packed temple in India, officials said.
More than 40,000 people, many inebriated, had taken their goats to the Tildiha village temple in Bihar state to offer sacrifice and prayers to the goddess Durga on the last day of the Navratri festival.
As the worshippers lined up before the butcher, a scuffle broke out and some people were trampled, Banka district spokesman Gupdeshwar Kumar said.
"People were vying with each other to get their goats sacrificed first, and they had a verbal duel with the butcher," Kumar said.
Commotion
Four women and six men died in the stampede, and another 11 were injured, three of them critically, Banka district police director Neelmani said. The injured were being treated in hospitals.
Villager Umesh Kumar, 35, said the temple was so full, "people didn't have any place to walk around... and there was a commotion when people tried to have their goats sacrificed."
The district spokesman said some 30,000 goats were sacrificed at the temple on Saturday.
The 10-day Navratri festival honors Durga, the Mother Goddess in the Hindu religion.
The village in Banka district is 200 kilometers southeast of Bihar's state capital, Patna.
More than 40,000 people, many inebriated, had taken their goats to the Tildiha village temple in Bihar state to offer sacrifice and prayers to the goddess Durga on the last day of the Navratri festival.
As the worshippers lined up before the butcher, a scuffle broke out and some people were trampled, Banka district spokesman Gupdeshwar Kumar said.
"People were vying with each other to get their goats sacrificed first, and they had a verbal duel with the butcher," Kumar said.
Commotion
Four women and six men died in the stampede, and another 11 were injured, three of them critically, Banka district police director Neelmani said. The injured were being treated in hospitals.
Villager Umesh Kumar, 35, said the temple was so full, "people didn't have any place to walk around... and there was a commotion when people tried to have their goats sacrificed."
The district spokesman said some 30,000 goats were sacrificed at the temple on Saturday.
The 10-day Navratri festival honors Durga, the Mother Goddess in the Hindu religion.
The village in Banka district is 200 kilometers southeast of Bihar's state capital, Patna.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
