Five Bangladeshis killed in road accident in Qatar

Five Bangladeshi youths have been killed in a road accident in Qatar. The accident occurred on Saturday morning (June 20, local time) in the Al Shahaniya area of Qatar.

The five deceased were residents of Gachhbari Union in Kanaighat Upazila of Sylhet. The victims have been identified as Jasim Uddin from Agotaluk village, Jibal Uddin from Amarpur village, Mostak Ahmed and Zubayer Ahmed from Majhtaluk village, and Kader Ahmed from Gachhbari village.

The incident was confirmed to Asia Post by Bahar Uddin, the father of the deceased Kader Ahmed.

According to Abul Hasnat Zakir, a Bangladeshi community leader in Qatar, the five expatriate workers were traveling to their workplace in a vehicle when the accident occurred. The vehicle lost control in the Al Shahaniya area and was completely wrecked. All five Bangladeshis died at the scene.

A total of six people, including the driver, lost their lives in the crash. The bodies of the deceased are currently being kept at the morgue of a local hospital.