NEW DELHI, SANA-Six people were killed and 29 others injured Sunday in a stampede at a Hindu temple in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, police said.

The Times of India newspaper quoted a local police official as saying: “The stampede broke out at Mansa Devi temple in Haridwar district in the state after a rumor about an electric shock affecting a devotee on the stairs, 100 meters down the temple route, panicked others, leading to a stampede at the spot”.

Rescue and emergency teams services rushed to the scene, and the authorities are investigating the matter.

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