Army officer killed during exercise
An army officer was killed while three others sustained injures when a recoilless rifle shell exploded during a training session at Jalalabad Cantonment beside Sylhet-Tamabil highway yesterday.
The deceased was identified as Lt Mainul, 23, of the 17th East Bengal Regiment while the injured were Lt Touhid, Lt Julfikar and Sergeant Moniruzzaman, instructor of School of Infantry and Practice Field.
The sources said the explosion occurred when a 24 kg shell exploded while being launched from a recoilless rifle at around 1:00pm.
Lt Mainul died on the spot while three others were injured in the explosion.
The injured officers were flown by a helicopter to the Combined Military Hospital in the capital at around 2:00pm, sources said.
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