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A 10-year-old boy has died after fellow workers at a textile factory reportedly inserted a compressor hose into his rectum and pumped air into his body.

The alleged attack took place at a factory in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, yesterday afternoon.

Police told local media the boy had a high-pressure nozzle forced into his bottom before he was filled with air.

He was admitted to the nearby Dhaka Medical College Hospital with a bloated stomach and pronounced dead at around 4pm local time.

A doctor told bdnews24: “He might have died from air filled through his rectum.”

Several people have been detained by police over the boy’s death, the website reported.

Last year, a 13-year-old Rakib Hawlader died in the same way after he quit his job at a vehicle workshop.

Two men were sentenced to death for the killing and the case led to protests over the country's culture of child labour.