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The death toll in Bangladesh Air Force jet crash into Milestone School and College in the capital’s Uttara area reached 33 as one more victim died on Thursday.

According to a health and family welfare ministry press release, Mahtab, 15, who sustained 85 per cent burn injuries, passed away in the ICU at 1:52pm on Thursday.


Of the 33 deceased victims, 26 are students of the school.

Seven of the bodies are still unidentified.

Thirteen critically injured victims were undergoing treatment at different hospitals on the day.

The number of missing people in the incident is five till Thursday.

They include three students and two guardians.

Till July 22, the number of injured people in the crash was 165, according to the Inter Services Public Relations directorate.

The authorities handed over 21 victims’ bodies to their families till Wednesday.

Among the deceased, 26 were children, including many under 12 years of age, two were schoolteachers, and one was the aircraft’s pilot.