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Supporters hold the portrait of the Indian Tamil leader Muthuvel Karunanidhi during his funeral in Chennai, India August 8, 2018. [Reuters]
A stampede on Wednesday among thousands of mourners at the funeral of a powerful southern Indian politician killed two people and injured 47, a doctor at a government hospital said.
Muthuvel Karunanidhi, a dominant figure in the politics of southern India for half a century who had been chief minister of Tamil Nadu state five times, died on Tuesday aged 94.
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