One killed as Bangladesh Air Force jet crashes in college campus
The incident occurred in Dhaka's northern area of Uttara, the military's public relations department said in a statement.
"Bangladesh Air Force's F-7 BGI training aircraft crashed in Uttara. The aircraft took off at 13:06 (0706 GMT)," it said.
Videos of the aftermath of the crash showed a big fire near a lawn emitting a thick plume of smoke into the sky, as crowds watched from a distance.
At least four people were injured and taken to a military hospital in the area, local newspaper Prothom Alo said, citing the duty officer at the fire service control room.
The daily said that initial reports indicated the plane had crashed on the roof of the college canteen. Reuters could not independently verify this information.
The incident comes a little over a month after an Air India plane crashed on top of a medical college hostel in neighbouring India's Ahmedabad city, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground, marking the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade.
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