Stampede kills 10 pilgrims in BD

DHAKA: At least 10 Hindu pilgrims were killed and dozens more were injured in a stampede outside the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Friday, police and witnesses said.
The stampede occurred on the banks of the Brahmaputra River, where hundreds of thousands of pilgrims had converged for ritual bathing during an annual Hindu festival. Police inspector Nasir Ahmed said seven women and three men had been confirmed dead. “We are investigating what triggered the stampede, but it seems that the tragedy was due to an unusually high number of pilgrims,” Ahmed said. “The stampede involved a huge number of people as thousands of shoes could still be seen on the road an hour after it happened,” he added.