Wall collapse kills 24 at Indian wedding

Wall collapse kills 24 at Indian wedding - Police

Jaipur – A wall collapsed during a wedding party in western India late Wednesday, killing 24 people including four children, police said.

Guests had taken shelter from a storm under a tin shack that adjoined the wall when it collapsed, local police officer Anil Tank told AFP.

Bharatpur

City in India

Bharatpur is an Indian city in eastern Rajasthan. At its center is the 18th-century Lohagarh Fort, surrounded by a moat. Inside the fort is the Government Museum, which displays artifacts of local rajas. Just south, carved statues of Hindu gods fill Ganga Mandir and the sandstone Laxman Mandir temples. South of the city, Keoladeo National Park is a major bird sanctuary with hundreds of species.

Elevation: 600′

Weather: 98°F (37°C), Wind E at 4 mph (6 km/h), 27% Humidity

Another 26 were injured, 15 of them seriously.

“The wall and a tin shed attached to it at the marriage venue collapsed due to a storm,” said Tank, superintendent of police in Bharatpur, the district of Rajasthan state where the disaster occurred.

The Press Trust of India news agency said there were food stalls set up along the wall for the wedding. – AFP