Irish Sunday Mirror

60 killed in train horror

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MORE than 60 people have been killed and 100 hurt after a train ran into a crowd.

The horrific incident happened near Amritsar in India’s northern Punjab state.

The victims were standing on the railway tracks watching celebratio­ns for Dusshera, a Hindu festival.

They did not hear the train approach as they watched a firecracke­rfilled effigy of the demon king Ravana burn.

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