Dozens Crushed To Death, Scores Injured In Stampede At Israeli Religious Festival
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JERUSALEM â At least 45 people were killed and some 150 more injured in a crush at a religious festival of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel, where tens of thousands of faithful had convened in one of the country s largest events since the pandemic began.
Updated April 30, 2021 at 9:52 AM ET
The chaos at Mount Meron began early Friday at the festival of Lag BaOmer, which features bonfires and dancing around the Galilee tomb of a 2nd-century rabbi.
According to witnesses, at around 1 a.m. local time, in an area of the complex where the ultra-Orthodox Hassidic community of Toldot Aharon was holding its celebration, participants were pushing through a slippery staircase. Suddenly, a row of people fell to the floor, piling atop of one other.
Dozens Crushed To Death, Scores Injured In Stampede At Israeli Religious Festival
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