Three Bangladeshis killed in Oman road accident

Three expatriate Bangladesh citizens have been killed in a road accident in Oman. All three hailed from Rangunia upazila in Chattogram district.

The accident happened when a speeding private car carrying three Bangladeshis lost control on the road at Al Tamrit area on the Salalat-Mascut highway at about 10:00am on Sunday.

The deceased were identified as Zahed, 42, of village Maizpara under Pomra union, Salahuddin, 40, of Ashkar Ali Road area under Sarafvata union, and Absar, 45, of village Balurchar under Betagi union.

They were working at the curtain section of Mascut Modern Rose Trading Enterprise.

Police have kept the bodies at a hospital morgue in Salalah. The bodies will be taken to Mascut on Monday. The Bangladesh embassy in Oman will extend necessary cooperation to send the dead bodies to Bangladesh, said an embassy official.

A pall of gloom has descended on the Bangladeshi community living in Oman following the death of three Bangladeshi expatriates in a road accident.