By JULHAS ALAM, The Associated Press

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Hundreds of students protested near the site of the crash of a Bangladesh air force training jet into a school in the nation’s capital, demanding accountability, compensation for victims’ families and the halt of training flights.

The death toll from the crash rose to 31 on Tuesday, including at least 25 students, a teacher who died from burns she suffered while helping others get out of the building, and the pilot of the training aircraft.

Firefighters further secured the site in Dhaka’s densely populated Uttara neighborhood while the military launched an investigation. The country’s civil aviation authority was not involved in the investigation directly.

Bangladesh declared Tuesday a day of national mourning, with the fl

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