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Kolkata stampede leaves at least 19 dead including children - mum loses both daughters

The Mirror UK News · 18 October 2026 at 10:53

Kolkata stampede leaves at least 19 dead including children - mum loses both daughters

At least 19 were killed, mostly women and children, in the stampede during the annual Hindu festival of Durga Puja in Kolkata in eastern India's West Bengal state

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Kolkata stampede leaves at least 19 dead including children - mum loses both daughters

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