ISPR rebuts misinfo, issues clarification on Cox’s Bazar air force base attack
News Desk
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate has provided an explanation regarding an attack on an under-construction Bangladesh Air Force base on the western side of Cox’s Bazar Airport.
In a press release issued on Monday afternoon, ISPR said a group of local miscreants from Samiti Para launched an unprovoked attack on the base.
The statement read: “The incident originated when an air force provost stopped a local individual at a checkpoint near Biam School for not having the necessary documents for his motorcycle and took him inside the base for questioning.”
Following this, approximately 200 local residents from Samiti Para advanced toward the air force base, leading to an intervention by air force personnel. As the number of individuals increased, a clash ensued between air force personnel and some miscreants at the base’s checkpoint area, according to ISPR.
ISPR said the miscreants, allegedly instigated by certain conspiratorial groups, threw bricks and stones at air force personnel, injuring several individuals.
“Among them, four air force members—one officer and three airmen—sustained injuries,” ISPR added.
A young man, identified as Shihab Kabir Nahid, was severely injured during the incident and was transported to a local hospital in an air force vehicle, where he later passed away, ISPR said.
To protect the strategically important establishment, air force personnel fired blank rounds, ISPR said, emphasizing that no live ammunition was used against civilians.
The injured air force personnel are currently receiving medical treatment, ISPR added.
ISPR said: “The attack also caused damage to air force property, including the breaking of a vehicle’s windshield due to the bricks and stones thrown by local residents. Additionally, some individuals attempted to set fire to nearby bushes, but the flames did not spread significantly.”
ISPR further said certain groups are attempting to tarnish the air force’s reputation by spreading misinformation on social media, falsely claiming that the young man was killed by air force gunfire.
“However, this is untrue. A closer examination of the bullet casings being circulated shows that they are from blank rounds, which are non-lethal and only produce sound,” ISPR added.
Additionally, ISPR pointed out that some online news portals and social media users are misrepresenting the name of the Cox’s Bazar air force base as “Sheikh Hasina Air Force Base.”
According to ISPR, this is incorrect, as the official name of the base was changed to “Air Force Base Cox’s Bazar” through a government gazette on December 2, 2021, and remains in effect to this day.
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