Fighter jet crashes into school causing fireball while children were in class
At least one person has been killed after a training fighter jet crashed in a school campus in Bangladesh while children were in class.
Flames have engulfed the Milestone College's Uttara campus, in the capital city of Dhaka.
One body has been pulled out from the inferno, while emergency services are still tackling the raging flames – but the number of victims is expected to rise.
Footage of the aftermath of the crash shows the fire as crowds watch from a distance.
'Bangladesh Air Force's F-7 BGI training aircraft crashed in Uttara. The aircraft took off at 1.06pm (7.06am GMT),' the military said in a statement.
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