Stampede death toll rises to 29

A stampede after an Islamic religious seminar killed at least 29 women and children and injured more than 70 others in Karachi today.

Stampede death toll rises to 29

A stampede after an Islamic religious seminar killed at least 29 women and children and injured more than 70 others in Karachi today.

The stampede occurred as thousands of women left the Sunni Muslim Faizan-e-Medina centre in downtown Karachi to attend a rally after listening to clerics deliver sermons on the life of Islam’s 7th Century prophet, Muhammad, said Hanees Billu, a spokesman for the centre.

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