24 Bangladeshis injured in Riyadh airport attack

Two Bangladeshis were killed and 24 others injured in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.

Of the injured Bangladeshis, 11 are workers and 13 are Umrah pilgrims. They are receiving treatment at different hospitals in Riyadh.

The Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh disclosed the information on Sunday night, saying a missile struck Terminal 3 of the airport at around 3:15am on Saturday (10 October), leaving passengers from Bangladesh and other countries dead and injured.

According to preliminary information, 12 people were killed and 309 injured in the incident. The victims included two Bangladeshis killed and 24 Bangladeshis injured.

The deceased Bangladeshis were identified as Shahed Ahmed of Bogura and Nasrullah Badarpuri of Cumilla, according to the embassy.

The embassy said three injured Bangladeshis were receiving treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) of King Abdullah Hospital. Their conditions were stable.

They were identified as Hafez Hasan of Dhaka, Kazi Nurullah of Brahmanbaria and Omar Faruk, a migrant worker in Saudi Arabia.

Two other Bangladeshis, Saffat Rahman of Naogaon and Daudul Islam of Cumilla, were receiving treatment at National Guard Hospital. Saffat was unconscious, the embassy said.

Saimul Islam Sourav and Abul Mansur Md Riaz Uddin, both from Dhaka, were being treated at Riyadh Medical Hospital.

Md Abdullah of Dhaka was receiving treatment at Prince Sultan Military Hospital, while three Bangladeshi workers -- Arman Hossain, Mohammed and Faisal Ahmed Abdul Haque -- were being treated at the Takhassusi branch of Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital.

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Rafique Mia was receiving treatment at Kingdom Hospital, while Ismail Hossain, Misbah Uddin Hiraque and Raihanul Islam were being treated at King Fahad Medical City.

Five Bangladeshi workers -- Salma Akter, Shahadat Hossain, Mosahed Ahmed Saikat, Zahid Ahmed and Sobhe Sadek Md Shahjahan Sarker -- were receiving treatment at Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Hospital.

Two others, Asadul Islam and Md Jamal, were being treated at Aster Sanad Hospital. Nazma Akter was receiving treatment at Sulaiman Fakeeh Hospital, while Umair and Abdullah Kamil were being treated at the Al Sahafa branch of Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital.

The attack left around 500 passengers stranded at the airport, including people arriving from Bangladesh and those waiting to travel on domestic and international routes via Riyadh. Passengers waiting to return to Bangladesh were also stranded.

The embassy has arranged accommodation, food and alternative transport for affected passengers.

Accommodation and meals were arranged for 100 passengers who had arrived from Bangladesh on Saudia flight SV804, Riyadh Air flight RX17 and US-Bangla Airlines flight BS281, or were waiting to travel to destinations across Saudi Arabia on flynas, flyadeal and Fly Riyadh services.

They were accommodated at Marriott and Radisson hotels and in dormitories at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University.

The embassy also arranged special buses to transport 67 Umrah pilgrims who had arrived from Bangladesh wearing ihram garments from Riyadh to Jeddah.

Around 400 Bangladeshi passengers booked on the cancelled Saudia flight SV804 from Riyadh to Dhaka were being transferred to King Fahd International Airport in Dammam for their return to Bangladesh.

The embassy also assisted two Bangladeshi workers travelling from Riyadh to Bahrain via the Al Khobar land border.