Milestone Crash: Death toll rises to 32 as another child dies
Staff Correspondent
Another child injured in the BAF fighter jet crash into Milestone School and College in Uttara of Dhaka, died on Friday morning, raising the death toll to 32.
In the latest incident Ayman, 10, who had suffered 45 percent of burns, breathed his last at 9:32am while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
With his death, the institute has so far recorded 14 deaths from the incident.
On Thursday night, the institute’s director Dr Nasir Uddin said six out of 42 admitted patients were in critical condition. Following Ayman’s death, 41 people remain under treatment at the facility.
According to the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing, as of 10am Friday, a total of 32 people have died in the Milestone tragedy while 51 others are still being treated at various hospitals in Dhaka.
It also shared the hospital-wise list of casualties this morning.
·National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery: 41 injured, 14 dead
·Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka: eight injured, 15 dead
· Lubana General Hospital and Cardiac Centre, Uttara: unidentified one dead
·Dhaka Medical College and Hospital: one dead
·Shaheed Mansur Ali Medical College: One injured, no deaths
·United Hospital: one dead
·National Institute of Mental Health and Hospital: one injured
The fatal crash occurred on Monday afternoon (July 21) shortly after an FT-7 BGI fighter jet took off from the Kurmitola airbase, triggering a massive blaze that claimed numerous lives, mostly children.
