150 KILLED AFTER SHRINE STAMPEDE.A MOTHER cries over the body of her son crushed to death in a temple stampede stam·pede n. 1. A sudden frenzied rush of panic-stricken animals. 2. A sudden headlong rush or flight of a crowd of people. 3. which killed at least 150 Hindu worshippers in India yesterday. The tragedy happened after a wall collapsed close to the hill-top Chamunda Devi temple in Jodhpur as devotees celebrated the start of the Navaratra festival. Witnesses said panicked pilgrims rushed down the hill crushing those waiting at the bottom. CAPTION(S): AGONY Mother grieves over son's body after temple stampede in Jodhpur; VICTIM Friends carry injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. Hindu pilgrim away from crush scene |
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