18 dead after India stampede
A pre-dawn stampede has killed 18 people as tens of thousands of people gathered to mourn the death of a Muslim spiritual leader in India’s financial capital, police said.
At least 40 other people were injured in the stampede when mourners thronged the home of Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, the head of the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community, Mumbai police commissioner Satya Pal Singh said.
