Overcrowding, bad weather may have contributed to deadly stampede in northern India, police say

More than three times the permitted number of people attended a Hindu religious event in north India that culminated in a stampede, killing at least 121 people, authorities said on Wednesday, adding that most of the victims were women.

Overcrowding, bad weather may have contributed to deadly stampede in northern India, police say
A man puts his head in his hands and sits beside a woman in an ambulance.

More than three times the permitted number of people attended a Hindu religious event in north India that culminated in a stampede, killing at least 121 people, authorities said on Wednesday, adding that most of the victims were women.