Another student injured in the recent Air Force training aircraft crash at Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Diabari area has died, raising the death toll from the incident to 33.

The latest victim, 13-year-old Abdul Musabbir Makin, was a seventh-grade student at the school. 

He had suffered 70 percent burns, including severe damage to his airways. Makin died around 1pm on Friday (July 25) while undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.

“He had burns on about 70 percent of his body, including the respiratory tract,” said Dr Shawon Bin Rahman, Resident Surgeon at the institute. “Despite all efforts, we could not save him.”

Makin was the younger of two children of Md Mohsin from the Barobari area of Gazipur Sadar. He used to commute daily to Milestone School in Dhaka from his home.

The crash occurred around noon on Sunday (July 21) when a Bangladesh Air Force jet crashed onto the Milestone School and College campus. 

The government observed a one-day state mourning on Tuesday (July 22) in response to the tragedy.

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