A Bangladeshi expatriate, injured in an Iranian missile attack in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia, has died while undergoing treatment.
The deceased, Abdullah Al Mamun, 35, was the son of Shahid Sowdagar of Bharbhara village in Rasulpur Union, Gafargaon Upazila, Mymensingh. His father confirmed Mamun’s death on Wednesday (March 18) morning.
Mamun was critically injured on Sunday (March 8), just before Iftar, in a missile attack on a workers’ camp of Al Tuwaiq Baladiyah Company in Al Kharj. He had been receiving treatment at Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital in Al Kharj since the attack. On Tuesday (March 17) around 11:30 pm Saudi Arabia time, doctors declared him dead while he was on life support. His body is currently at the hospital morgue.
Mamun’s cousin, Shawon Morol, said, “My cousin was seriously injured in the missile attack and had been receiving treatment at the hospital. He died during the night. He was the father of one son.”
The news of Mamun’s death has cast a shadow of grief over his family and community. Relatives are demanding that his body be repatriated to Bangladesh as soon as possible.