https://english.aaj.tv/ Aaj TV English en-Us Copyright 2026 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:34:16 +0500 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:34:16 +0500 60 https://english.aaj.tv/news/10099703/five-trampled-to-death-in-bangladesh-stampede <p><IMG SRC="http://www.aaj.tv/wp-content/uploads/no-image.jpg" class="bd1 bdstand align-left" alt="Five trampled to death in Bangladesh stampede" >Five Bangladeshis were trampled to death on Saturday in a stampede for new clothes being distributed by a tobacco factory owner to mark Eid.<br /> The five were killed when a crowd of around 1,000 people at Muktagachar in the northern Mymensingh district rushed to get through the factory gate after it was opened early on Saturday, said police officer Ashraful Islam.<br /> "Hundreds of poor people stampeded into the factory and five of them -- four middle-aged men and one woman -- were trampled to death," said Islam.<br /> Three more people were admitted to hospital with serious crush injuries, he added.</p> <p><center><b><i>Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2006<b><i><center></p> Five Bangladeshis were trampled to death on Saturday in a stampede for new clothes being distributed by a tobacco factory owner to mark Eid.
The five were killed when a crowd of around 1,000 people at Muktagachar in the northern Mymensingh district rushed to get through the factory gate after it was opened early on Saturday, said police officer Ashraful Islam.
"Hundreds of poor people stampeded into the factory and five of them -- four middle-aged men and one woman -- were trampled to death," said Islam.
Three more people were admitted to hospital with serious crush injuries, he added.

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