At least 4 individuals have been killed and dozens injured on Saturday night in a crowd crush at a college in southern India, native officers and media reported.

The crush occurred at an outside auditorium within the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) in south-west Kerala state, the place a live performance had been deliberate.

In an announcement on X, previously Twitter, the Kerala state governor, Arif Mohammad Khan, stated he was “deeply shocked and grieved to know about the sad demise of four students” at CUSAT. “Heartfelt condolences to their families. Prayers for speedy recovery of injured,” he added.

The state well being minister, Veena George, stated in an announcement that 4 individuals had been introduced useless to the Kalamassery Medical College hospital whereas 4 extra have been in crucial situation, the PTI information company reported, including that greater than 60 individuals had been injured.

A neighborhood police official stated {that a} crowd outdoors the auditorium had rushed to hunt cowl from a sudden downpour when various individuals slipped on some stairs and have been subsequently trampled, in accordance with PTI.

One of the deadliest crowd crushes in latest historical past occurred a decade in the past in India, when at the least 115 individuals have been killed on the sidelines of a spiritual pageant in central Madhya Pradesh state.