The child was stuck in a crowd and shrieked due to being heavily crushed.
The child was stuck amid a crowd of people in the shrine where he struggled to thrust away between their feet, risking being trampled underfoot.
The child shrieked because he was heavily crushed by the people and knocked to and fro by their brutal movements, prompting him to shriek at the highest pitch of his voice for survival.
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