5 Bangladeshis killed in Qatar road crash

 
Five Bangladeshi expatriates were killed in a road accident in Al-Shahaniya City of Qatar on Sunday. The accident took place on Shamal Road in the city at around 10:30am (local time).

The deceased were identified as Jashim Uddin of Agtaluk Village; Jibal Uddin of Amarpur Village; and Mostaque Ahmed, Zubaier Ahmed and Quader Ahmed, residents of Majhtaluk Village under South Bani Union in Kanaighat Upazila of Sylhet.

It was known that they were headed to work in a pickup van when the vehicle veered out of control and crashed. Six people were killed on the spot. Another was an Indian national.

The bodies of the deceased are currently being kept in the morgue of a local hospital. Officer-in-Charge of Kanaighat Police Station Aminul Islam confirmed the incident.

The deaths have cast a pall of gloom among the Bangladeshi expatriate community in Qatar as well as among the victims' families and relatives in Sylhet.

The bodies of five Bangladeshi migrants killed in a road accident in Qatar will be repatriated as quickly as possible, State Minister for Expatriates' Welfare Nurul Haque Nur has said.