10 pilgrims dead after Bangladesh stampede

At least 10 people were killed and dozens more injured Friday in a stampede during a Hindu religious gathering in Bangladesh, police said.

Local police chief Mazrul Islam said the accident took place in Langalbandh, a Hindu pilgrimage spot on the banks of the Brahmaputra river, 20 kilometers southeast of capital Dhaka.

The annual religious bathing ritual in Bangladesh's Narayanganj district draws thousands of Hindu devotees from Bangladesh and also neighboring India and Nepal.

Islam said that the bathing ritual continued after police controlled the stampede and helped the injured.

The cause of the stampede was not immediately clear.