More than 100,000 people defied coronavirus lockdown rules to attend the funeral of a popular religious cleric. Officials in Bangladesh has tightened a clampdown in seven villages as a result of the mass gathering.
It comes amid fears the killer virus - which has claimed more than 160,000 lives worldwide - could have spread among mourners.
The funeral happened in the Brahmanbaria district, about 50 miles east of capital Dhaka. After pictures circulated showing people packed in close to each other, a police spokesman told Reuters: "We've strictly ordered all residents of the seven villages to stay at home at all times at least for the next 14 days so we can identify if anyone contracted the virus following Saturday's gathering." Police had