Terror, 'chaos' as India stampede kills 121

"Everyone –- the entire crowd, including women and children –- all left from the event site at once," said police officer Sheela Maurya, 50, who had been on duty Tuesday as a popular Hindu preacher delivered a sermon.

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Survivors of India's deadliest stampede in over a decade on July 3 recalled the horror of being crushed at a vastly overcrowded Hindu religious gathering that left 116 people dead. (Photo by AFP)