13 dead after wedding guests fall into well at Indian ceremony cnn.com
At least 13 people, including a one-year-old child, have died after falling into a well during a wedding ceremony in northern India, authorities from Uttar Pradesh state said on Wednesday.
The victims — all of whom were women and children — were sitting on a slab covering the well when it gave way and collapsed, according to police from the state’s Kushinagar district where the incident took place.
One other person was injured in the incident, police said.
“This is an unfortunate incident during a wedding ceremony,” said Kushinagar’s senior police official Sachindra Patel, adding they are investigating the case.
All were guests at a pre-wedding Haldi ceremony, an Indian tradition in which turmeric paste is put on the faces, and sometimes the bodies of the bride and groom, CBSNews reported.
Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi described the incident as “heart-wrenching” on Twitter.
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