DHAKA: Saleh Ahmed worked alongside his younger brothers as a water delivery driver in the UAE for three decades, living more than 3,700 kilometers away from his home in northern Bangladesh to support his wife and four children.
The 48-year-old was killed on the first day of US-Israeli strikes on Iran while working in the city of Ajman, struck by debris that fell from an intercepted Iranian missile, according to a statement by the Bangladeshi foreign ministry.
Ahmed was killed 1.5 km away from his UAE apartment on Feb. 28, his younger brother Zakir Hossain said.
“My brother had just got out of the car and was about to start the water pump just behind his parked vehicle (when he was struck),” he told Arab News on Saturday.
Tehran has responded to the joint Israeli-US aggression by launching missile and drone attacks on neighboring countries in the Gulf. The air defense systems of several Gulf countries have intercepted missiles and drones in the skies above major cities.
