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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