Overview
- An escort vehicle in the delegation’s motorcade collided with a battery-powered auto-rickshaw near Kutupalong in Ukhiya shortly before 7 pm on Thursday.
- The auto-rickshaw driver was seriously injured, received local treatment, and the damaged vehicle was seized by authorities.
- Cox’s Bazar police confirmed that Mesut Ozil and all members of the Turkish delegation were safe, with spokesperson Alok Biswas stating none were injured.
- After the incident, a special plane carrying the delegation departed Cox’s Bazar for Dhaka at about 8:02 pm.
- Ozil was touring with a Turkish humanitarian team led by Necmettin Bilal Erdogan, visiting Rohingya camps, engaging with youth at Camp 4, and earlier attending the inauguration of renovated medical facilities at the University of Dhaka.