Dawn.com

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.