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Case Study on War

The Enemy Bomber

It was a cool day and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky over Chattogram, when an enemy bomber from Myanmar, circled over the city centre. The war had been going on for several months already, sparked by the Rohingya crisis and Myanmar soldiers making raids inside Bangladeshi territory to kill Rohingya activists. There had been bombs dropped on the port and industrial areas but it was unusual to see a plane circling the skies above GEC.

Suddenly, without warning, there were several large explosions. The dead bodies of women out shopping, their children, school and university students were lying among the injured who were screaming for help. By lunchtime, the dead numbered in their hundreds and there were thousands injured, some critically.

The plane was shot down by Bangladeshi gunners but the pilot managed to parachute out. He was immediately captured and taken to a prisoner-of-war camp. He later claimed that he had lost his way and did not know that he was bombing civilian areas. He had been ordered to bomb the port again.

What should happen to the captured enemy pilot? 

What will i learn?