Le bilan de la bousculade survenue dimanche dans le centre de l’Inde, en marge d’une fête religieuse, a grimpé à 109 morts et 133 blessés, a indiqué lundi la police.
L’accident a eu lieu à proximité d’un temple du district de Datia, dans l’Etat du Madhya Pradesh. Au moment de la bousculade, quelque 20’000 personnes se trouvaient sur un pont enjambant la rivière Sindh, avait indiqué dimanche la police.
Selon les autorités locales, une rumeur sur le possible effondrement du pont percuté par un tracteur a causé un mouvement de foule. Des pélerins sont morts par axphyxie et d’autres en se noyant, après être tombés dans la rivière.
Les hindous célèbrent actuellement Navaratri, en l’honneur de la déesse Dourga, des fêtes religieuses qui attirent des millions de personnes dans les temples.
La foule avait afflué tôt le matin sur le site pour célébrer la fin de Navaratri et jusqu’à 400’000 fidèles étaient déjà présents autour du temple de Ratangarh, situé à environ 350 km de Bhopal, la capitale de l’Etat. Des témoins affirment que la police a chargé la foule avec de lourds bâtons de bois, des lathis, ce que les forces de l’ordre ont démenti.
Attention, ce diaporama contient des images susceptibles de heurter la sensibilité des enfants et de certaines personnes.
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- ATTENTION EDITORS – VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH A woman cries next to the body of a victim killed in a stampede near Ratangarh temple, in Datia district in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh October 13, 2013. A stampede at a bridge leading to a remote Hindu temple in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday killed at least 89 people and injured more than 100, police said. Nearly 150,000 devotees gathered to celebrate Dussehra at the Ratangarh temple, in a forest outside the town of Datia, 390 km (240 miles) north of Bhopal. But pilgrims panicked when the railings broke on a bridge that led to the temple, triggering the stampede. Some devotees were crushed to death under the feet of fellow worshippers, others drowned after falling or jumping into the river Sindh. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA – Tags: DISASTER RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) TEMPLATE OUT
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- ATTENTION EDITORS – VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH People walk past bodies of victims killed in a stampede on a bridge, near Ratangarh temple in Datia district in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh October 13, 2013. A stampede at a bridge leading to a remote Hindu temple in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday killed at least 89 people and injured more than 100, police said. Nearly 150,000 devotees gathered to celebrate Dussehra at the Ratangarh temple, in a forest outside the town of Datia, 390 km (240 miles) north of Bhopal. But pilgrims panicked when the railings broke on a bridge that led to the temple, triggering the stampede. Some devotees were crushed to death under the feet of fellow worshippers, others drowned after falling or jumping into the river Sindh. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA – Tags: DISASTER RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) TEMPLATE OUT
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- People cross a bridge after a stampede near Ratangarh temple in Datia district in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh October 13, 2013. A stampede at a bridge leading to a remote Hindu temple in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday killed at least 89 people and injured more than 100, police said. Nearly 150,000 devotees gathered to celebrate Dussehra at the Ratangarh temple, in a forest outside the town of Datia, 390 km (240 miles) north of Bhopal. But pilgrims panicked when the railings broke on a bridge that led to the temple, triggering the stampede. Some devotees were crushed to death under the feet of fellow worshippers, others drowned after falling or jumping into the river Sindh. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA – Tags: DISASTER RELIGION)
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- EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT – The bodies of victims of a stampede lie on a bridge across the Sindh River in Datia district in Madhya Pradesh state, India, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013. Scores of people were killed Sunday in a stampede by masses of Hindu worshippers crossing the bridge to the remote Ratangarh village temple to honor the Hindu mother goddess Durga on the last day of the popular 10-day Navaratra festival. (AP Photo)
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- ATTENTION EDITORS – VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH People stand beside bodies of victims killed in a stampede on a bridge, near Ratangarh temple, in Datia district in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh October 13, 2013. A stampede at a bridge leading to a remote Hindu temple in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday killed at least 89 people and injured more than 100, police said. Nearly 150,000 devotees gathered to celebrate Dussehra at the Ratangarh temple, in a forest outside the town of Datia, 390 km (240 miles) north of Bhopal. But pilgrims panicked when the railings broke on a bridge that led to the temple, triggering the stampede. Some devotees were crushed to death under the feet of fellow worshippers, others drowned after falling or jumping into the river Sindh. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA – Tags: DISASTER RELIGION) TEMPLATE OUT
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- ATTENTION EDITORS – VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH People sit beside bodies of victims killed in a stampede on a bridge near Ratangarh temple in Datia district in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh October 13, 2013. A stampede at a bridge leading to a remote Hindu temple in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday killed at least 89 people and injured more than 100, police said. Nearly 150,000 devotees gathered to celebrate Dussehra at the Ratangarh temple, in a forest outside the town of Datia, 390 km (240 miles) north of Bhopal. But pilgrims panicked when the railings broke on a bridge that led to the temple, triggering the stampede. Some devotees were crushed to death under the feet of fellow worshippers, others drowned after falling or jumping into the river Sindh. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA – Tags: DISASTER RELIGION) TEMPLATE OUT
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- ATTENTION EDITORS – VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH People cry next to bodies of victims killed in a stampede, near Ratangarh temple, in Datia district in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh October 13, 2013. A stampede at a bridge leading to a remote Hindu temple in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday killed at least 89 people and injured more than 100, police said. Nearly 150,000 devotees gathered to celebrate Dussehra at the Ratangarh temple, in a forest outside the town of Datia, 390 km (240 miles) north of Bhopal. But pilgrims panicked when the railings broke on a bridge that led to the temple, triggering the stampede. Some devotees were crushed to death under the feet of fellow worshippers, others drowned after falling or jumping into the river Sindh. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA – Tags: DISASTER RELIGION) TEMPLATE OUT
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