Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia expressed her profound shock at the tragic death of Bangladeshi soldiers working as UN peacekeepers.
August 26, 2006 (Press Release) --
Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia expressed her profound shock at the tragic death of Bangladeshi soldiers working as UN peacekeepers in Cote d’Ivoire on Friday. The soldiers died as their military truck overturned hours after they had reached the place, near Singrobo, to join Bangladesh troops on UN mission.
An online news agency of Cote d’Ivoire, 24 heures, reported that four of the soldiers died on the spot. Two of the severely injured died in Tiassalé Hospital. The agency reported the last of the six died from internal haemorrhage.
Twelve others were injured. They were going towards Abidjan where they had been posted to from the capital Yamoussoukro. The solders left Dhaka on Thursday and reached Yamoussoukro on Friday.
Two of the injured, in a critical condition, were being treated in the hospital in Cote d’Ivoire, said a statement of the Inter Service Public Relations.
The deceased are lance corporal SM Miraj Ahmed of the 20 Field Regiment Artillery, lance corporal Mohammad Abdus Sattar of the 6 Field Regiment Artillery, and solders Abdul Halim, Mohammad Quamruzzaman Khan, Mohammad Shahid Mia and Mohammad Mizanur Rahman.
According to Reuter reports, the road network condition in Cote d’Ivoire deteriorated considerably for lack of maintenance after the hostilities had broken out.
The Bangladesh authorities said on Saturday that the Armed Forces departments concerned were in constant touch with the United Nations department of peacekeeping operation to bring back the body as soon as possible.
The Bangladesh Army has informed the soldiers’ families concerned of the death.
Belenoor Bewa fainted on hearing the death news on television of his son Mohammad Abdus Sattar. The family living at Dariapur Puratanpara in Chapainawabganj, was shell-shocked at the death of Sattar, father of an eight-month-old son.
With more than 3,000 troops, Bangladesh is the largest contributor to the UN peacekeeping force in Cote d’Ivoire.
The latest casualties have increased the death figure of Bangladeshi soldiers on UN peacekeeping missions to 70, defence sources said.
Most of the peacekeepers died in plane crash, road accidents, because of illness and minesweeping, an army officer told New Age on Saturday.
The highest number of Bangladeshi soldiers was killed in a plane crash on December 25, 2003.
Fifteen soldiers were killed when a plane crashed on their way home from Benin. Thirty-three were killed in either mine explosion or road accidents.
Four died of illness. Nine were killed in an ambush by the armed militants in north-eastern Congo on February 25, 2005.
More than 9,500 Bangladeshi soldiers are working with UN peacekeeping missions in 11 troubled spots. More than 54,000 Bangladeshi troops have so far joined 31 completed peacekeeping missions from 1988.
An online news agency of Cote d’Ivoire, 24 heures, reported that four of the soldiers died on the spot. Two of the severely injured died in Tiassalé Hospital. The agency reported the last of the six died from internal haemorrhage.
Twelve others were injured. They were going towards Abidjan where they had been posted to from the capital Yamoussoukro. The solders left Dhaka on Thursday and reached Yamoussoukro on Friday.
Two of the injured, in a critical condition, were being treated in the hospital in Cote d’Ivoire, said a statement of the Inter Service Public Relations.
The deceased are lance corporal SM Miraj Ahmed of the 20 Field Regiment Artillery, lance corporal Mohammad Abdus Sattar of the 6 Field Regiment Artillery, and solders Abdul Halim, Mohammad Quamruzzaman Khan, Mohammad Shahid Mia and Mohammad Mizanur Rahman.
According to Reuter reports, the road network condition in Cote d’Ivoire deteriorated considerably for lack of maintenance after the hostilities had broken out.
The Bangladesh authorities said on Saturday that the Armed Forces departments concerned were in constant touch with the United Nations department of peacekeeping operation to bring back the body as soon as possible.
The Bangladesh Army has informed the soldiers’ families concerned of the death.
Belenoor Bewa fainted on hearing the death news on television of his son Mohammad Abdus Sattar. The family living at Dariapur Puratanpara in Chapainawabganj, was shell-shocked at the death of Sattar, father of an eight-month-old son.
With more than 3,000 troops, Bangladesh is the largest contributor to the UN peacekeeping force in Cote d’Ivoire.
The latest casualties have increased the death figure of Bangladeshi soldiers on UN peacekeeping missions to 70, defence sources said.
Most of the peacekeepers died in plane crash, road accidents, because of illness and minesweeping, an army officer told New Age on Saturday.
The highest number of Bangladeshi soldiers was killed in a plane crash on December 25, 2003.
Fifteen soldiers were killed when a plane crashed on their way home from Benin. Thirty-three were killed in either mine explosion or road accidents.
Four died of illness. Nine were killed in an ambush by the armed militants in north-eastern Congo on February 25, 2005.
More than 9,500 Bangladeshi soldiers are working with UN peacekeeping missions in 11 troubled spots. More than 54,000 Bangladeshi troops have so far joined 31 completed peacekeeping missions from 1988.
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