This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily on October 12, 2017

KUALA LUMPUR: A Bangladeshi worker died on Tuesday evening and another two workers were in critical condition yesterday following an explosion at the Bandar Malaysia South mass rail transit (MRT) construction site, MMC-Gamuda KVMRT (T) Sdn Bhd said.

Bandar Malaysia South is one of 11 underground stations on the Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya line. MMC-Gamuda is the underground work package contractor for the project.

“We regret to note that of the three injured, one succumbed to the injuries and passed away last night. Two others are [in] critical [condition]. The cause of the incident will be made known when the investigation is fully completed,” MMC-Gamuda said in a statement yesterday.

MMC-Gamuda had confirmed in an earlier statement that the incident at around 5pm on Tuesday had seriously injured the three general workers at the Bandar Malaysia South MRT site.

Bernama reported that police had confirmed the explosion at the MRT station construction site in Bandar Malaysia was from a bomb from the Second World War.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Amar Singh Ishar Singh confirmed the matter when contacted on Tuesday. “From initial investigations, an old bomb from the Second World War suddenly exploded when construction works were being carried out,” he said.