Dhaka, July 26
The death toll from the tragic Bangladesh Air Force jet crash has climbed to 34, following the death of another child on Saturday morning, local media reported.
According to Shawon Bin Rahman, resident surgeon at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka, the latest victim, 13-year-old Zarif, died from burn injuries covering 40 per cent of his body, including his respiratory tract.
Another two children who were undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the facility succumbed to their injuries on Friday.
The deceased were identified as Abdul Musabbir Makin, aged 13, a seventh-grade student, and Afroz Aiman, aged 10, a fourth-grade student of Milestone School.
Reports suggest that among the 34 people who died in the tragic jet crash, the majority are children.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media division of the South Asia nation's Armed Forces, the Air Force's F-7 BGI training aircraft took off at 1:06 p.m. (local time) on Monday and crashed into the Milestone School and College building in Dhaka's Uttara around 1.30 p.m.
Speaking to Bangladesh's leading Bengali daily Prothom Alo, resident physician Shaon Bin Rahman of the Burn Institute confirmed the update on the two casualties on Friday, stating that Musabbir's body was burned to 70 per cent, and Afroz's body was burned to 45 per cent in the tragic incident.