World’s largest religious gathering, held in India, has become scene of crowd crush as estimated 100m people travelled to take holy dip

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At least 30 people have been killed and 60 injured after fatal crowd crushes took place at the Kumbh Mela festival in India. The incident took place on early Wednesday morning as large numbers of devotees went to bathe in the river, on one of the holiest days of the Hindu gathering.