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Israel declares national day of mourning after 45 killed in religious stampede
Israel’s prime minister has declared Sunday a national day of mourning after dozens were killed and 150 injured at a religious bonfire festival.
Key points:
- By late Friday 32 of the dead had been identified
- The identification process was halted for 24 hours in observance of the Jewish Sabbath
- Crowds had packed the site despite warnings to maintain COVID-19 social distancing
Medical teams are now working to identify the 45 people crushed to death in the stampede on the slopes of Israel’s Mount Meron, with children among the dead.
Witnesses spoke of seeing a “pyramid” of people who were asphyxiated or trampled in a passageway around 3 metres wide at the crowded event in the Galilee.
Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews thronged to…
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