44 killed during stampede at religious festival in Israel, one of worst civilian disasters in country's history -- Society's Child -- Sott.net

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'In one moment, we went from a happy event to an immense tragedy,' said a rescue service spokespersonThe stampede in which at least 44 people have died at a Jewish religious festival in Israel, is one of the worst civilian disasters in the country's history.
Around 150 other people were also injured in the crush during this year's Lag B'Omer commemorations, which took place on Friday evening - a month after Passover - near the town of Meron in northern Israel.
A crowd thought to be 100,000-strong had
gathered for the
religious festival at the tomb of the 2nd-century mystic Rabbi Shim Bar Yochai, soon after coronavirus restrictions had lifted.

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