Death toll rises to 31 in fighter jet crash

The death toll has risen to 31 people including 25 children, a pilot and a teacher after Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) FT-7 BGI fighter aircraft crashed into a building of Milestone School and College at Uttara area in Dhaka on Monday afternoon.

According to the Inter Services Public Relation Directorate, 31 people have been killed in the plane crash and 165 of the injured are undergoing treatment at 10 hospitals in the capital.  So far, 20 bodies have been identified and handed over to their families.