A stampede occurred in the Indian city of Prayag Raj during the Hindu Kumbha Mela festival, killing at least 15 people, Agence France-Presse reports, citing an unnamed doctor.
"By this minute, at least 15 people had died. The rest are being helped," the agency quoted the doctor as saying.
There is no exact information about the number of victims yet, the agency notes.
According to the Indian newspaper Hindu, the stampede occurred at a time when a crowd of pilgrims performed a ritual ablution in the river. ria.ru.
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