At an election meeting in southern India, at least 39 people were killed by tribulation. At least 51 others were injured, Reuters news agency reports on the basis of a statement from local authorities. According to a state minister, there were nine children among the dead.
Tens of thousands of people had arrived at a meeting of the popular politician Vijay, who has been familiar with great fame in India for three decades and founded his own party last year. He spoke to the crowd on the roof of a bus, when fans tried to get close to him and the campaign event ended in chaos.
Video images shows, according to Reuters news agency, how Vijay threw bottles of water from the roof of the bus to the crowd, where visitors started fainting at bushes due to the high temperature. The number of attendees at Vijay’s campaign event was estimated at least thirty thousand, much more than the organizers had expected.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expresses in one Message on X His condolences to the victims. He says he is “deeply sad” about the “tragic incident.” Vijay himself also writes to live with relatives on social media.
In India, large events in the lack of safety measures lead to tribulations more often. In February, eighteen dead and eleven were injured as a result of a rush at a train station. A year earlier, nearly ninety people died due to troubling during a religious meeting.
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