In a stampede outside a cricket stadium in the state of Karnataka to celebrate the home team’s victory in the Indian Premier League (IPL), the most well-known Twenty20 cricket tournament, at least 11 people have been killed and many more have been injured.
Siddaramaiah, India’s chief minister of Karnataka, stated on Wednesday that “no one expected such a large crowd.” “The stadium has a capacity of only 35, 000 people, but 200, 000-300, 000 people came”.
He claimed that 33 people had been injured and 11 have died.
As thousands of fans gathered outside Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium earlier on Wednesday, the incident occurred.
At least 11 people have died, according to the Indian broadcaster NDTV. The injured and those who fell into the ambulances were captured on local TV news channels.
The crowd was “very uncontrollable,” according to Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar.
The occasion was held to celebrate Bengaluru’s first IPL title win on Tuesday.
Source: Aljazeera
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