印度踩踏事件造成至少110人喪生

Officials in central India have ordered a judicial inquiry into what caused the stampede on a bridge leading to a remote Hindu temple in Madhya Pradesh state that killed at least 110 people.

Authorities say 100 people were injured Sunday in the incident.

Witnesses say pilgrims panicked and began to stampede after some railings on the bridge broke, spurring rumors the bridge would collapse.

Some devotees were crushed to death under the feet of fellow worshippers, while others drowned after falling or jumping into the Sindh River.

Local media said as many as 500,000 devotees had gathered to celebrate the popular 10-day Navaratra festival at the Ratangarh temple. Many were already inside when the stampede took place.

Witnesses said the situation was made worse by police attempting to control the crowd with batons.印度中央邦達基亞地區通往一座偏遠的印度教神廟的橋上發生踩踏事件，造成至少110人死亡。印度中部地區的官員說，已下令對這起事件展開司法調查。

有關當局說，星期天的踩踏事故還造成1百人受傷。

目擊者說，那座橋的一些欄杆斷折，於是出現橋樑將要垮塌的傳言，造成信徒們的恐慌，隨後發生踩踏事件。

一些信徒被其他人踩死，另一些人掉進或跳到信德河裏被淹死。

當地媒體說，多達50萬信徒在拉坦加神廟聚會，歡慶爲期10天的民間納瓦拉特拉節。踩踏事件發生時，許多人已經進入神廟裏面。

目擊者說，警察試圖用警棍控制人羣，結果引起許多人恐慌，使局面更加惡化。