Twenty-three people were killed and 30 injured in India when a wall
collapsed on a crowd of people celebrating a wedding, police said on Thursday.
The 12-foot (3.6-metre) high wall collapsed late on Wednesday because of
heavy rain, crashing down on the wedding party during dinner in a marriage hall
in the western state of Rajasthan, police official Bharat Lal Meena said.
Five children were among the dead, Meena said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a Twitter post he was pained by the
accident. Weddings are elaborate affairs in India with even people of modest
income inviting large numbers of guests to receptions, often in purpose-built
halls.
Reuters
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