Rivers of blood flow down Dhaka streets as Eid animal sacrifices stain Bangladesh roads red

Grisly animal sacrifices for Eid combined with heavy rains have made the streets of one city run red with blood.

In Dhaka, people used car parks, garages and alleys to kill the beasts.

The blood then flowed into the flooded streets, turning them into rivers of blood.

Police in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka had allowed the traditional slaughter to take place in certain designated areas of the city.

The blood from the slaughtered liverstock, killed by some Muslims to mark Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, mixed with the flood water

During the celebration, goats, sheep or cows are killed to commemorate Prophet Ibrahim's test of faith.

The meat is generally shared among family and friend - and with people who cannot afford to sacrifice their own animals.