13 wedding guests die, including baby, after falling into well during wedding ceremony

 

At least 13 wedding guests, including a baby, have died after falling into a well during a wedding ceremony in India. Officials said the victims were sitting on a metal slab of the well when it succumbed to their weight and collapsed at a village in Uttar Pradesh yesterday, February 16.
 The victims were all women and girls.
Officials said guests were performing a pre-wedding ritual named "haldi" when the tragic incident took place. District Magistrate of Kushinagar, S Rajalingam told reporters that victims were aged from 35 to as young as a one-year-old, according to publication Mint.

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared his heartbreak over the devastating deaths and issued a statement on Twitter.
He wrote: "The accident in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh is heart-wrenching.
 "I express my deepest condolences to the families of those who have lost their lives in this. With this, I wish the injured a speedy recovery.
 "The local administration is providing all possible help."