Stampede at Hindu festival kills 10 devotees
The stampede occurred on the banks of the Brahmaputra river, where pilgrims had converged for rituals during a festival.
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| A Bangladeshi Hindu devotee Sapna Das cries as she holds the body of a relative who was killed in a stampede in Langalbandh. -AP |
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 Astami Snan, one of the largest annual Hindu ceremonies in Bangladesh.
According to DhakaTribune, the stampede had occurred because of a rumour that a bailey bridge, used by pilgrims to get to Rajghat, was collapsing.
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| Rescue workers and relatives carry the body of a Hindu devotee who was killed in a stampede in Langalbandh. -AP |
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| A Bangladeshi women reacts after seeing the body of a relative in Narayanganj. -AFP |
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| A Bangladeshi women reacts as she holds a relatives body in Narayanganj. -AFP |
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| A Bangladeshi Hindu devotee Dipali Das cries as she sits next to the body of a relative who was killed in a stampede during a Hindu bathing ritual in Langalbandh. -AP |
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| A Bangladeshi Hindu devotee dressed as Hindu God Shiva sits on the banks of the Brahmaputra river during a Hindu bathing ritual in Langalbandh. -AP |
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| A Bangladeshi Hindu devotee cries as he sits next to bodies of victims killed in a stampede. -AP |
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| Bangladeshis carry the body of a Hindu devotee.-AP |
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Mar 28, 2015 03:08pm
This news was given yesterday but this one in pictures really captures the sad reality.
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Mar 28, 2015 03:59pm
what a sad news.my condolences to victims.there would have enough security
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Mar 28, 2015 04:14pm
This is the real pictures of Hindus in Muslim Country..!
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Mar 28, 2015 04:16pm
Hindus reduce at 8% From 30% in BD & in West Bengal (Indian Side) Muslim population grown 7% to 15%. this is the real bitter truth.
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Mar 28, 2015 04:49pm
Very sad & unfortunate.
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Mar 28, 2015 06:13pm
Sad Very sad
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Mar 28, 2015 11:06pm
What I found in script, Dawn differentiate their minorities citizen either in PK or BD as Hindu women,Christian man.it shows partiality through Words. Indian Newspaper never use this type of racist languages.
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Mar 28, 2015 11:09pm
Why Dawn differentiate their citizen as Hindu or Christian.Indian newspaper never use this type of language.It shows narrowness of your editors.
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Mar 28, 2015 11:21pm
To all BD Hindus - Become Muslim and live a peaceful life. Next time you will born in India.
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Mar 29, 2015 03:11am
@Dipak Singh: The bitter truth is that people like you make India look bad.
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Mar 29, 2015 08:24am
@priyanshu stampede occurs Indian temples as well. We all need to work on public safety during large gatherings. Let us learn from America how to learn from mistakes and preventing recurrence. Unfortunately world is learning to eat unhealthy foods like pizza , burger etc , tale like American dress like american etc...
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Mar 29, 2015 08:50am
Very sad & unfortunate news of stampede during Astami Snan. .We would like to express our sincere condolences to concerned family.
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Mar 29, 2015 05:43pm
@Dipak Singh Kill the Muslims to equal the ratio, is this what your want, why this un-necessary point raised now, Sick mind germinating
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Mar 30, 2015 07:41am
@Sanjay, you are living in a fool's paradise. Stop posting stupid comments.
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Mar 30, 2015 08:53am
@Abdulla Hussain That point is being raised , because it is never raised by allegedly Secular Muslims.
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Mar 30, 2015 09:47am
Very sad, RIP
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Mar 30, 2015 10:16am
@Dipak Singh , muslim did not kill them, it was an accident.
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Mar 30, 2015 12:54pm
It is very sad indeed!
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Mar 30, 2015 01:53pm
very sad minority condition very bad in Pak & BD...
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Mar 30, 2015 11:07pm
Very unfortunate ! Such mega-events must have well defined escape routes to avoid such stampedes.
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Mar 31, 2015 02:07am
feeling sorry for them
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Mar 31, 2015 02:14am
It's very sad. People have lost their dear one's and crying. Instead of expressing our sympathy and condolences, viewers are putting outrageous comments. The religion of those who died does not matter. I am ashamed at these comments. Try to become human first and spare a thought for those who died.
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Mar 31, 2015 10:55am
while most of the reply from the Muslim readers were expressing sadness for the deaths, comments from Hindu friends were very bad in nature.
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Mar 31, 2015 11:50am
Ohh god!! Somebody dies and people here are still busy blaming each other rather than expressing condolences. very sad state of affairs
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Mar 31, 2015 11:56am
@Dipak Singh : Please stop embarrassing us and giving us a bad name by giving out such naive comments!
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Mar 31, 2015 01:55pm
@Sanjay I don't agree with you. Calling a Hindu a Hindu n Muslim a Muslim is no racism.
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Mar 31, 2015 02:08pm
May their soul rest in peace! tragic incident.
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