Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- At least seven firearms have reportedly disappeared from the strong room of the fire-damaged cargo complex at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, police have confirmed.
A general diary (GD) was lodged with the Airport Police Station on 28 October by Biman Bangladesh Airlines - the authority responsible for ground operations at the airport - after the vault was discovered broken. However, no formal case has yet been filed over the missing weapons, police said.
An official from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Uttara division said, "There were 21 firearms stored in the vault; 14 have been recovered while seven are still unaccounted for. The missing weapons include US-made M4 carbines and Brazilian-made Taurus pis...