Bangladesh Air Force jet crashes into a Dhaka school and kills 18

Firemen check the wreckage of a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft (Al-emrun Garjon/AP)

A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a school campus in the capital, Dhaka, shortly after take-off on Monday, killing at least 18 people including the pilot and injuring 164 others, the military said.

According to the military and a fire official, the Chinese-made F-7 BGI aircraft crashed into the campus of Milestone School and College, in the Uttara neighbourhood, in the afternoon as students were attending classes.