A police officer baton charges one of stone-throwing protestors angered over a stampede at a school, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Hundreds of students jammed into a narrow school staircase panicked and set off a stampede Thursday that left five girls dead and 31 other students injured, a New Delhi hospital official said. The Press Trust of India news agency said the stampede was set off by rumors about an electrical short-circuit in the government-run school. AP Photo logo AP Photo 29 months ago

A police officer baton charges one of stone-throwing protestors angered over a stampede at a school, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Hundreds of students jammed into a narrow school staircase panicked and set off a stampede Thursday that left five girls dead and 31 other students injured, a New Delhi hospital official said. The Press Trust of India news agency said the stampede was set off by rumors about an electrical short-circuit in the government-run school.

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