ES News Email Enter your email address Please enter an email address Email address is invalid Fill out this field Email address is invalid You already have an account. Please log in or register with your social accountA “terrorist” who tried to hijack a plane has been shot dead by Bangladeshi military forces, officials have said. The suspect reportedly asked to speak to the country’s prime minister before he was gunned down in an exchange of gunfire with commandos. The Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Dhaka to Dubai was forced to return to Chittagong, where it had stopped off, during the incident on Sunday. All 143 passengers and seven crew members aboard the Boeing 737-800 were safely evacuated, Air Vice Marshal Mofidur Rahman said.

Source: bd News24 February 24, 2019 14:37 UTC