35 people were killed and 16 injured on Thursday when the roof of a temple complex in Indore, India, collapsed. Victims of the Hindu religion gathered to celebrate the Ram Navami festival when they were crushed by a concrete slab covering the ceiling, Reuters reported.
“The slab collapsed because of the crowd and the cargo,” explained Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chowhan, quoted by the news agency.
More than 70 operatives were involved in the rescue work. The wreckage had to be removed in order to be able to extract some of the people who were trapped. It is known that 18 people were saved.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already commented on the accident, announcing compensation to the families of those killed and injured.
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