3 BGB, 2 army men killed in mortar shell blast
Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Three members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and two members of Bangladesh Army were killed and 10 others injured in a mortar shell blast during training at Ghatail Cantonment in Tangail district on Wednesday. The deceased could not be identified immediately. The accident took place when BGB personnel were undergoing a firing training at Maidhairchala at noon. Sources at the cantonment said the mortar shell went off around 12noon during a training of BGB members under the supervision of army, leaving the five dead on the spot and 10 others injured at the Maidhairchala army field firing range. The two army personnel who died were involved with the management of the army-run field firing range. The injured were whisked away to a Dhaka hospital in a helicopter, according to UNB.