Identities of 26 Bangladeshis Killed or Injured in Riyadh Airport Attack Confirmed
Two Bangladeshis were killed and 24 others injured in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital.
Of the injured, 11 were workers and 13 were Umrah pilgrims. They are receiving treatment at various hospitals in Riyadh. Three of them are in the intensive care unit (ICU) of King Abdullah Hospital and are in stable condition.
The Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh confirmed the information on Sunday night.
A missile struck Terminal 3 of the airport at 3:15am on Sunday, injuring and killing passengers from Bangladesh and other countries. According to preliminary information, 12 people were killed and 309 injured in the attack, including two Bangladeshis killed and 24 injured.
The embassy said the injured Bangladeshis were receiving treatment at different hospitals in Riyadh.
An embassy delegation visited three Bangladeshis receiving treatment in the ICU of King Abdullah Hospital. They are Hafez Hasan from Dhaka, Kazi Nurullah from Brahmanbaria and Md Omar Faruk, a Bangladeshi expatriate worker in Saudi Arabia.
Two Bangladeshis receiving treatment at National Guard Hospital are Safkat Rahman from Naogaon and Md Daudul Islam from Cumilla.
Md Saimul Islam Sourav and Abul Mansur Md Riaz Uddin, both from Dhaka, are receiving treatment at Riyadh Medical Hospital.
Md Abdullah from Dhaka is being treated at Prince Sultan Military Hospital, while Arman Hossain and two other Bangladeshi workers are receiving treatment at the Takhassusi branch of Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital.
Md Rafiq Mia is being treated at Kingdom Hospital, while Ismail Hossain, Md Misbah Uddin Hira and Md Raihanul Islam are receiving treatment at King Khalid Medical City.
Five Bangladeshi workers receiving treatment at Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Hospital are Salma Akter, Md Shahadat Hossain, Moshahid Ahmed Saikat, Zahid Ahmed and Sohbe Sadek Md Shahjahan Sarkar.
Md Asadul Islam and Md Jamal are receiving treatment at Ejtah Sanad Hospital, Nazma Akter at Sulaiman Fakeeh Hospital, and Umair and Abdullah Kamil at the Al Sahafa branch of Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital.
