A Bangladeshi farm worker was killed by interception shrapnel in Fujairah's al-Rifaa area on 1 April 1. He is the tenth foreign national killed in the UAE since the war began, against two Emirati military deaths. The victims span six nationalities: Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Palestine, and Morocco. None chose to be in a war zone. The zone came to them.
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Falling Shrapnel Kills Fujairah Farm Worker
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A Bangladeshi national died from falling interception debris on a Fujairah farm. He is the tenth foreign worker killed in the UAE.
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Key takeaway
Ten of twelve UAE war dead are foreign workers; two are Emirati military.
Deep Analysis
In plain English
A Bangladeshi man working on a farm in Fujairah was killed by shrapnel falling from a UAE air defence intercept. When the UAE's defence systems destroy an incoming drone or missile in mid-air, the debris lands somewhere. In this case it landed on a farm. He is the tenth migrant worker killed this way in the UAE since the war began. The victims come from six different countries. None of them are parties to the conflict. They are workers living in a country that has become a secondary battlefield.
Sources:Al Jazeera
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