BFF-29 50 dead in India train disaster: police

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50 dead in India train disaster: police

AMRITSAR, India, Oct 19, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – At least 50 are dead after a train plowed into revellers gathered to watch a Hindu festival in India’s northern Punjab state on Friday, police said.

“There are more than 50 casualties. The priority now is to take the injured to the hospital,” Amritsar city police commissioner S. S. Srivastava told reporters.

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