Stampede kill 6 in Indian flood relief camp

Six people were killed and 10 injured yesterday in a stampede at a flood relief camp in the southern Indian city of Chennai, a report said.

The six were crushed to death as some 300 people rushed to be the first to collect 2,000 rupees (44 dollars) of cash, food and clothes being distributed by the authorities, the Press Trust of India news agency said.

Ten others were injured in the incident, it said, adding that the authorities moved in quickly to restore order.

Hundreds of thousands of people in southern India were evacuated by the authorities last month as heavy rains lashed the region.

More than 70,000 people were moved to safer places and relief camps in southern Tamil Nadu state of which Chennai is the capital, the report added.