A Hindu devotee who was injured after a stampede rests inside a hospital at Kottayam in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Dozens of Hindu devotees returning from Sabarimala shrine were killed after a road accident sparked a stampede in Kerala. Photo: Reuters
A Hindu devotee who was injured after a stampede rests inside a hospital at Kottayam in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Dozens of Hindu devotees returning from Sabarimala shrine were killed after a road accident sparked a stampede in Kerala. Photo: Reuters
A Hindu devotee who was injured after a stampede rests inside a hospital at Kottayam in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Dozens of Hindu devotees returning from Sabarimala shrine were killed after a road accident sparked the stampede in Kerala. Photo: Reuters
Volunteers carry an injured pilgrim to a government hospital at Vandiperiyar in Idukki district, about 123 kilometers from Kochi, India. A stampede of pilgrims returning from one of India's most popular Hindu festivals night killed at least a hundred people. Photo: AP
An official counts the bodies of the Hindu pilgrims who died after a stampede inside a hospital at Kumily in the southern Indian state of Kerala. A stampede sparked by a night-time road accident in dense forest has killed more than 100 Hindu pilgrims in Kerala. Photo: Reuters
Volunteers carry the body of a pilgrim who died in a stampede, outside a mortuary in Kumali, India. The stampede, which killed more than 100, was set off when a group of pilgrims in a jeep drove into a crowd of worshippers walking along a narrow forest path as they returned from offering prayers at the hilltop Sabarimala shrine in the state of Kerala in southern India. Photo: AP
A Hindu pilgrim who was injured in a stampede is taken to a hospital at Vandiperiyar in the southern Indian state of Kerala. A stampede sparked by a night-time road accident in dense forest has killed more than 100 Hindu pilgrims in Kerala. Photo: Reuters
A woman mourns next to the body of her husband who died in a stampede, at a mortuary in Kumali, some 205 kilometers from Kochi, India. The stampede, that killed more than 100, was set off when a group of pilgrims in a jeep drove into a crowd of worshippers walking along a narrow forest path as they returned from offering prayers at the hilltop Sabarimala shrine in the state of Kerala in southern India. Photo: AP
A Hindu devotee who was injured after a stampede is taken to a hospital at Kumily in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Dozens of Hindu devotees returning from Sabarimala shrine were killed after a road accident sparked the stampede in Kerala. Photo: Reuters
Tears roll down the cheeks of a boy after he heard news of his father's death in a stampede, at a mortuary in Kumali, some 205 kilometers from Kochi, India. The stampede was set off when a group of pilgrims in a jeep drove into a crowd of worshippers walking along a narrow forest path as they returned from offering prayers at the hilltop Sabarimala shrine in the state of Kerala in southern India. Photo: AP
People carry away the body of a victim killed in a stampede, outside the Kumali Thaluk Hospital in Idukki district about 123 kilometers from Kochi, India. The stampede was set off night when a group of pilgrims in a jeep drove into a crowd of worshippers walking along a narrow forest path as they returned from offering prayers at the hilltop Sabarimala shrine. Photo: AP
Ragavendhara who lost his younger brother in a stampede while returning from a pilgrimage, talks on his mobile phone as he lies injured on a bed at a government run hospital in Kottayam, 55 kilometers from Kochi, India. The stampede was set off when a group of pilgrims in a jeep drove into a crowd of worshippers walking along a narrow forest path as they returned from offering prayers at the hilltop Sabarimala shrine in the state of Kerala in India. Photo: AP
Volunteers carry a coffin containing the body of a pilgrim who died in a stampede, outside a mortuary in Kumali, some 205 kilometers from Kochi, India. The stampede, that killed more than 100, was set off when a group of pilgrims in a jeep drove into a crowd of worshippers walking along a narrow forest path as they returned from offering prayers at the hilltop Sabarimala shrine in the state of Kerala in southern India. Photo: AP
Published Jan 16, 2011
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A stampede of pilgrims returning from one of India's most popular Hindu festivals killed at least 102 people and injured 44 others. The stampede was set off on Friday night when a group of pilgrims in a jeep drove into a crowd of worshippers walking along a narrow forest path as they returned from offering prayers at the hilltop Sabarimala shrine in the state of Kerala in southern India, said local police official Sanjay Kumar.
All the injured were hospitalised, some in serious condition.
