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#UPDATE At least 12 people died and 13 were injured in a stampede Saturday at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Indian-administered Kashmir.

"The toll could be higher as the route to the hilltop shrine was packed with devotees," official tells @AFP on condition of anonymity Image
At least 12 people died and 13 were injured in a stampede at a religious shrine in India as thousands of pilgrims massed to offer prayers.

The disaster happened around 3:00am on the route to the Vaishno Devi shrine, one of India's most revered Hindu sites
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#UPDATE "People fell over each other... It was difficult to figure out whose leg or arms were tangled with whose," witness describes the deadly stampede near the the Vaishno Devi shrine in Indian-administered Kashmir
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#UPDATE Map locating Mata Vaishno Devi, in Indian-administered Kashmir Image

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