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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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