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November 01, 2022

Indian bridge collapses, killing at least 130

At least 130 people were killed in India after a colonial-era footbridge collapsed, sending scores of people tumbling into the river below, police said on Oct 31.

Authorities said nearly 500 people, including women and children, were celebrating a religious festival on and around the nearly 150-year-old suspension bridge in Morbi in western India when cables supporting it snapped soon after dark on Oct. 30.

This brought the rickety structure in the state of Gujarat crashing into the river, spilling scores of people into the water while others clung desperately to the wreckage.

Photos: AFP

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