Milestone tragedy: Death toll reaches 36
Staff Correspondent
The death toll from the military aircraft crash into Milestone School and College in Uttara has risen to 36 with the death of a 15-year-old victim at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery on Saturday.
Tasnia, a class VIII student of the school who sustained 37 percent burn injuries, breathed her last at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital around 7:55 am, said Shaon Bin Rahman, resident surgeon of the institute.
The fatal crash occurred on July 21, shortly after an FT-7 BGI fighter jet took off from the Kurmitola Airbase, sparking a massive blaze that claimed multiple lives, most of them children.
