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| Mumbai railway station stampede kills 21 and injures more than 30 | Mumbai railway station stampede kills 21 and injures more than 30 |
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| At least 22 people have died and more than 30 have been injured in a stampede over a foot bridge at the Elphinstone railway station in Mumbai, India, according to local media reports. | |
| Railway spokesman Anil Saxena said the bridge had been busy as a large crowd of passengers, who had been take shelter from heavy rain, tried to leave the station at the same time. | |
| Police said there had been a rumour of the pedestrian bridge collapsing, prompting panic, and scores of people were injured when they were trampled on. | |
| Paramedics have taken the injured to a hospital, the police control room said. | |
| Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a Twitter post: "My deepest condolences to all those who have lost their lives due to the stampede in Mumbai. Prayers with those who are injured." | |
| Deadly stampedes are fairly common during Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas with few safety or crowd control measures. | Deadly stampedes are fairly common during Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas with few safety or crowd control measures. |
| India's infrastructure has long been criticised for being insufficient for the number of people using it. | |
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