The two Bangladeshis killed and 24 injured in an attack at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday (10 October) have been identified, according to the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment.
The attack at Terminal 3 at around 3:15pm killed 12 people and injured 309, with initial ministry information confirming that passengers from several countries were affected.
The two deceased Bangladeshis were identified as Md Shahed Ahmed from Bogura, who worked for a Saudi company, and Md Nasrullah Badarpuri from Cumilla, who was travelling on an Umrah visa and waiting in transit to travel from Riyadh to Jeddah.
The 24 injured Bangladeshis, including 11 workers and 13 Umrah visa holders, are receiving treatment at hospitals across Riyadh.
The Bangladesh Embassy is in contact with hospital authorities to collect information and ensure their treatment, the ministry said.
Three Bangladeshis are in intensive care at King Abdullah Hospital: Hafez Hasan from Dhaka, Kazi Nurullah from Brahmanbaria and Md Omar Faruq, a Bangladeshi expatriate worker.
Two others, Saffat Rahman from Naogaon and Md Daudul Islam from Cumilla, are receiving treatment at Riyadh National Guard Hospital.
Md Saidul Islam Sourav and Abul Mansur Md Riaz Uddin, both from Dhaka, are at Riyadh Medical Hospital, while Md Abdullah from Dhaka is being treated at Prince Sultan Military Hospital.
Three Bangladeshis, Arman Hossain, Mohammad and Faisal Ahmad Abdul Haq, are at Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital's Takhassusi branch.
Ismail Hossain, Md Misbah Uddin Heera and Md Raihanul Islam are receiving treatment at King Fahad Medical City Hospital.
Five others – Salma Akter, Md Shahadat Hossain, Moshahid Ahmed Saikat, Zahid Ahmed and Sobhe Sadek Md Shahjahan Sarkar – are at Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Hospital.
Md Asadul Islam and Md Jamal are being treated at Aster Sanad Hospital, Najma Akter at Dr Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, and Umayer and Abdullah Kamil at Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital's Al Sahafa branch.
Nearly 500 stranded passengers assisted
The ministry said the Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh, with support from airport authorities, Saudi immigration and airlines, had assisted nearly 500 Bangladeshi passengers stranded after the incident.
Accommodation and food were arranged at the Marriott Hotel, Radisson Hotel and Princess Nourah University dormitory for 100 passengers who arrived on Saudia Airlines flight SV804, Riyadh Air flight RX17 and US-Bangla flight US281 and were waiting to travel to domestic destinations in Saudi Arabia.
The embassy also arranged special buses to transport 67 passengers wearing ihram garments from Riyadh to Jeddah to perform Umrah.
Meanwhile, arrangements were made to send nearly 400 Bangladeshi passengers on the cancelled Saudia Airlines flight SV804 from Riyadh to Dhaka back to Bangladesh via Dammam's King Fahd International Airport.
Two Bangladeshi workers travelling from Riyadh to Bahrain on Saudia Airlines were also assisted in entering Bahrain through the Al Khobar land port, the ministry added.