The namaz-e-Janaza of six Bangladeshi peacekeepers, who were killed in a drone attack on a UN peacekeeping base in Sudan’s Abyei region, were held on Sunday morning at the central mosque of Dhaka Cantonment.

Representatives from the Chief Adviser, Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Md Nazmul Hassan, and Chief of Air Staff Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan, among others, attended the Janaza held at 9:15am.

After the janaza, tributes were paid to the slain soldiers on behalf of the President and the Chief Adviser.

Representatives from the three forces also paid their respects at the coffins.

Later, the bodies were flown by helicopter to their respective home districts.

Before the janaza, brief biographies of the soldiers were read aloud and prayers were offered for the departed souls.

The slain peacekeepers are Corporal Md. Masud Rana from Natore, Soldier Md. Mominul Islam and Soldier Shanto Mondal from Kurigram, Soldier Shamim Reza from Rajbari, Mess Waiter Md. Jahangir Alam from Kishoreganj, and Laundry Worker Md. Shobuj Mia from Gaibandha.

Bodies of 6 Bangladeshi peacekeepers arrive in Dhaka

Their bodies were brought back to Dhaka on a special Emirates Airlines flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday morning.

On December 13, a drone attack by a rebel armed group at Kadugli Logistics Base in Abei of South Sudan under the UN peacekeeping mission killed the peacekeepers and injured nine others.

The injured are Lt.Col Khondakar Khalekuzzaman, Sergeant Md. Mostakim Hossain, Corporal Afroza Parvin Iti, Lance Corporal Mohibul Islam, Soldier Md. Mezboul Kabir, Soldier Md. Umme Hani Akhtar, Soldier Chumki Akhtar, and Soldier Md. Manazir Ahsan.