From NPR.
Protests have broken out today in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. That comes after a Bangladeshi Air Force plane crashed into a school campus yesterday. At least 31 people were killed, most of them children. The student protestors are demanding more official information about the crash.
Bangladesh military said the jet experienced a “technical malfunction” moments after its takeoff Monday afternoon, crashing into the school and college campus in northern Dhaka. Local media quoted officials saying more than two dozen students in the college were killed and at least 78 were still receiving treatment for burns.
On Tuesday, hundreds of students defied army orders to gather at the campus, demanding compensation for their families and modernization of the country’s military jets. A statement from the office of Bangladesh’s interim chief Mohammed Yunus said that authorities were still verifying the victims’ identities.