NEW DELHI (AP) — A stampede throughout a music competition at a college in southern India on Saturday killed a minimum of 4 college students and injured 60 others, in accordance with information company Press Trust of India.

The catastrophe occurred on the Cochin University of Science and Technology in Kerala state the place college students have been having fun with a dwell musical occasion that was interrupted by rain, main the viewers to scamper for shelter that resulted in a stampede.

At least two individuals among the many injured are in vital situation, information web site Indian Express reported.

Pinarayi Vijayan, the highest elected official in Kerala, mentioned he had ordered an investigation.

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