At least 10 die in crush outside stadium in Bengaluru, India
At least 10 people have been killed in a crush outside a cricket stadium in the Indian city of Bengaluru, which was hosting a victory parade to celebrate the home team's Indian Premier League title win. Thousands of people - young and old - lined the streets on Wednesday to welcome the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) who beat the Punjab Kings in the IPL cricket final the day before. "About 10 people have died in the stampede at the gates of the Chinnaswamy stadium," a senior police official told BBC Hindi.When the tragedy struck, the gates of the stadium "were not even opened, but there were so many people trying to push through a small gate that the stampede took place," an official said.
One police official told the BBC there were over 200,000 people who came out for the victory parade but they were only expecting half that amount. The RCB team had arrived by a special flight at the old HAL airport to be received by Karnataka Deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar. They were taken in a procession to the hotel.This was a precursor for the reception on the steps of the majestic Vidhana Soudha, seat of the state legislature, where Governor Thawarchand Gehlot, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and other ministers met the team.The team was then scheduled to drive, again, in a procession to the stadium before the crush occurred.Prior to the incident, masses of people from different parts of the city had moved towards the stadium on all modes of transport wearing RCB jerseys. Metro trains were so packed that several people - including this reporter - were not able to enter any compartment. All this while passengers inside the train and outside chanted the team's name in chorus.Auto rickshaws and taxis did not respond to requests from people who wanted to be dropped anywhere near the stadium. Those who agreed dropped commuters several kilometres away.After reports of people losing their lives in the crush spread, people started rushing away to metro stations. Authorities shut down the stations around the stadium as huge crowds had gathered on the platforms.
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