Stampede at southern India political rally kills at least 39

A stampede at a rally for a popular Indian actor and politician in the southern state of Tamil Nadu killed at least 39 people on Saturday, after a crowd of some 27,000 people waited hours in baking heat without sufficient safeguards, officials said. Witnesses cited hours of delays and insufficient police presence as contributing to the tragedy.

Stampede at southern India political rally kills at least 39
A stampede at a rally for a popular Indian actor and politician in the southern state of Tamil Nadu killed at least 39 people on Saturday, after a crowd of some 27,000 people waited hours in baking heat without sufficient safeguards, officials said. Witnesses cited hours of delays and insufficient police presence as contributing to the tragedy.

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