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Stampede for Birthday Food Kills 21

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LUCKNOW, INDIA-April 12, 2004 — Thousands of people crowding into a park for a politician's birthday celebration and to receive free saris stampeded Monday, killing 21 women and children, officials said.
The stampede came two weeks ahead of parliamentary elections in Lucknow, the capital of India's politically crucial Uttar Pradesh state and the constituency of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was headed to the city after the stampede.

The confirmed death toll stood at 21, said Lucknow's senior police superintendent, Rajiv Ranjan Verma. Doctors said 28 others were injured.

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