At least 19 people have died after a Bangladesh Air Force training jet crashed into a school and college campus in the capital, Dhaka.
The F-7 BGI aircraft came down around 1pm local time in the Uttara area while students were sitting exams or in class at Milestone School and College.
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More than 50 people, including children, were injured and taken to hospital with burns, according to officials at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
Footage from the scene showed heavy smoke and flames rising from the wreckage, with the aircraft smashing into the side of a building and causing widespread panic.
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