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At least 19 dead after air force jet crashes into Bangladesh school

At least 19 dead after air force jet crashes into Bangladesh school

By Navitalai Naivalurua
22/07/2025
Photo: BBC

At least 19 people have died and 164 were injured after a Bangladeshi air force training jet crashed into a school campus in the capital, Dhaka.

Footage from Milestone School and College in the northern suburb of Uttara shows a huge fire and thick smoke, after the aircraft slammed into a two-storey building.

The armed forces said in a statement on facebook that the F-7 jet experienced a mechanical fault after taking off for a training exercise.

The air force adds that the pilot was among those killed.

A doctor at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery said more than 50 people, including children and adults, were taken to the hospital with burns.

The age range for students attending the school is between four and 18 years old.

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