At least six Hindu worshippers have been killed and dozens injured in a stampede at a religious festival in south-western Bangladesh.
Four women and a child were among the dead at the festival marking the birth of saint Hari Chand Thakur at Kashiani, 250km (160 miles) from Dhaka.
Reports say the stampede occurred as pilgrims took dips in two holy pools.
About one million pilgrims are at the festival. Hindus make up about 10% of Bangladesh's mainly Muslim 140m people.
Large numbers
Police said the injured had been taken to hospital and an investigation was under way.
"Women and children slipped as the muddy road between the [holy pools] became greasy"
A local journalist, Subrata Saha, told the BBC from the scene that the stampede happened as devotees were performing a ritual.
"There are two ponds here. Devotees usually dip in one pond and then go to the other. But women and children slipped as the muddy road between them became greasy," he said.
The celebrations for the saint are held annually in his birthplace, the village of Orakandi, in Kashiani district.
Hindus are attracted from all over Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. Good weather has swollen numbers for the five-day festival this year.
Government officials have already said they will look at ways to manage crowds better in the future.
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