Bangladesh tornados kill seven

Seven people were killed and hundreds were injured when a series of tornados ripped through parts of Bangladesh Thursday, officials said.
Five people died when a whirlwind bore down on a field where a large number of Muslim devotees had gathered to pray in central Bangladesh Thursday, a police official said. Eight of the injured were in serious condition.
The tornado struck early afternoon in Tongi, in northern Dhaka district, as thousands of devotees were praying for the success of Ijtema, the gathering considered to be the second biggest after the Hajj and is held annually at Tongi after the fasting month of Ramazan.