Mortal remains of one more student brought to Nepal from Israel

Published On: October 22, 2023 07:00 PM NPT By: Republica  | @RepublicaNepal


KATHMANDU, Oct 22: The body of one more Nepali student who died in the Israeli war has been brought to Nepal. The mortal remains is among the four bodies the Israeli government handed over to the Embassy of Nepal in Tel Aviv.

Keshab Saud, press coordinator of Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud, stated that their bodies were brought to Nepal by a FlyDubai aircraft.

According to him, so far, the dead bodies of Lokendra Singh Dhami of Darchula Malikarjan-4, Dipeshraj Bista of Darchula Lekam-5, Narayan Prasad Neupane of Kailali Ghodaghodi-4 and Ashish Chaudhary of Kailali Bauniya-3 have been brought to Nepal. Neupane's body was brought last night while Dhami's and Bishta's bodies arrived this morning. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chaudhary's body was brought to Nepal at 2:40PM today.

On October 7, 10 Nepali students were killed in an attack by the Hamas group in Israel. They had gone to Israel as part of the 'Learn and Earn' program of the agricultural sector of Sudurpaschim University. 

Other students who died in the attack were Ganesh Kumar Nepali of Jai Prithvi-6, Bajhang, Ananda Shah of Saphi-6, Dhanusha, Rajesh Kumar Swarnakar of Madhuvan-1, Sunsar, Rajan Phulara of Panchali-3, Doti , Padam Thapa of Lamikhal-8, Doti and Prabesh Bhandari of Sarada- 3, Salyan, while Bipin Joshi of Kanchanpur Bhimdatta-3 is out of touch in the same attack.

It is said that the bodies of the remaining six Nepali students who died in the attack are being identified and the legal process for their repatriation is being completed. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, preparations are being made to take the corpses brought to Nepal to Dhangadhi in Kailali today through a helicopter of the Nepali Army.

 

Arrangements have been made for the local administration to take the dead body from Dhangadhi to the victim's house. A few days ago, a team including Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud brought 254 students stranded in Israel to Nepal.


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