The Crime Desk: The number of Bangladeshis killed in a terrible bus accident in the southern Asir province of Saudi Arabia has increased to 18. At the same time, 16 Bangladeshis are undergoing treatment or have received treatment in various hospitals in Saudi Arabia. Arifuzzaman, the first secretary of the Bangladesh Consulate General in Jeddah, confirmed the increase in the death toll in the accident on Wednesday (March 29).
List of names of 18 people killed
1. Shahidul Islam, son of Shariatullah of Senbagh, Noakhali
2. Mamun Mia, son of Abdul Awal of Muradnagar, Comilla
3. Mohammad Helal Uddin of Noakhali
4. Sabuj Hossain of Lakshmipur
5. Russell Mollah of Murad Nagar, Comilla
6. Maheshkhali of Cox’s Bazar Asif
7. Tongir Abdul Latif, son of Gazipur Md., Imam Hussain Roni
8. Ruku Mia is the son of Kalu Mia of Kasba Upazila in Brahmanbaria.
9. Shafatul Islam of Maheshkhali, Cox’s Bazar
10. Ghiyas Hamid of Devidwar, Comilla
11. Mohammad Nazrul Islam of Kotwali Jessore
12. Mohammad Hossain is the son of Quader Hossain of Ramu Upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
13. Khairul Islam
14. Ruhul Amin
15. Tushar Majumdar
16. Miraj Hossain
17. Shakib
18. Rana Mia
Officials of the Bangladesh Consulate in Jeddah said that there were 47 passengers on the Mecca-bound bus. 34 of them are Bangladeshis. A total of 22 people were killed in the accident. 18 of them are Bangladeshi citizens.
Meanwhile, there were 12 passengers from other countries besides the Bangladeshi passengers in the bus that had the accident. Among them, 5 dead and 7 injured have been rescued and admitted to different hospitals. It was possible to identify them there.
According to a report by the Khaleej Times, a passenger bus crashed into a bridge in the Aqaba Shar area of Saudi Arabia’s southern Asir province on Monday (March 27) local time. It overturned and caught fire. The victims were going to Makkah to perform umrah. The accident occurred due to a brake problem.
After the accident, emergency services, including the Red Crescent team, quickly reached the spot and rescued the injured and sent them to a nearby hospital. At the same time, they surrounded the area.
When Ramadan begins, the number of Umrah pilgrims in Saudi Arabia increases several times. The incident has challenged the safe transportation of pilgrims performing Hajj and Umrah in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
Earlier this year, in October 2019, a fatal road accident took place near Madinah. At that time, 35 foreign nationals were killed. Four people were injured at the same time.
