Posted on 10/19/2018 11:49:58 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The victims were standing on the railway tracks watching celebrations for the Hindu festival of Dusshera, eyewitnesses told BBC Punjabi.
They did not hear the train approach as they watched a firecracker-filled effigy of the demon king Ravana burn. Officials said the priority now was to take the injured to local hospitals.
Footage posted to social media showed the fast-travelling train hitting the crowd.
The incident happened at about 18:30 local time (13:00 GMT), said local journalist Ravinder Singh Robin. Just moments before, crowds watching the firecrackers show were asked by organisers to move back - towards the railway tracks, reports say.
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Amritsar is one of them.
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