A Bangladesh Air Force training jet has crashed into a school campus in Dhaka, the country's capital, killing at least 20 people.

A Bangladesh Air Force jet crashed into a college in the capital Dhaka on Monday, killing at least 20 people according to the military – in the country’s deadliest air incident in recent memory.

At least 20 people were killed and 171 wounded when a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed yesterday into a school in Dhaka, officials said. The military said that a mechanical error had caused the crash.