At least 44 people killed in Israel festival stampede

Friday April 30, 2021

At least 44 people people have been killed and hundreds injured after a crowd stampeded at a religious festival in northern Israel.

Israeli security officials and rescuers inspect the dead bodies of dozens of Ultra-Orthodox Jews who died during an event at a revelry complex during Lag Ba’Omer in Mount Meron, Israel. Photo: EPA/David Cohen

Thedead were crushed at a religious bonfire festival in Israel, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a “heavy disaster”.

The stampeded occurred early on Friday as tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews…

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