Stampede at charity handout in Bangladesh leaves 23 dead
by Associated Press
DHAKAJul 10, 2015 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Associated Press
Jul 10, 2015 12:00 am
A stampede in central Bangladesh left 22 women and a child dead early Friday when hundreds of people stormed the home of a businessman for a charity handout during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, police said.
Another 30 were injured and rushed to a hospital in Mymensingh, a town 115 kilometers north of the capital, Dhaka, said police officer Kamrul Islam.
The crowd gathered outside the tobacco businessman's home around 4:00 and stormed in when the gates were opened to collect free clothing, Islam said. Twenty-two women and one child were killed, he said.
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