Body of Bangladeshi man killed in Iraq attack buried after two-month delay
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The remains of a 35-year-old Bangladeshi migrant worker, Mohammad Shrabon, who was killed in a missile strike in Iraq, were laid to rest on Friday, ending a grueling two-and-a-half-month wait for his grieving family. Shrabon’s body arrived at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport aboard a Turkish Airlines flight at dawn before being transported to his native village in the Adhara union of Munshiganj district.
A funeral prayer for Shrabon, also known as Hobi Miah, was held at the Bakultala Haji Abdul Karim High School field on Friday afternoon. Following the service, he was buried in a local cemetery. The repatriation was facilitated by local administration officials and the Bangladesh Embassy in Iraq, bringing closure to a family that had been desperate to see him one final time since learning of his death on March 16.
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Shrabon, the son of Noli Miah, had moved to Baghdad in 2016 to support his family, working as an undocumented migrant. His death during a missile attack on March 14 cut short a long-held dream of returning home to his wife, Khadija Akter, and their two daughters, 16-year-old Habiba and 10-year-old Nafiza. The younger daughter was born shortly after Shrabon left for Iraq, meaning she never had the chance to meet her father in person.
In the final days before his death, Shrabon had communicated the mounting danger in Baghdad to his wife. During their final phone conversation on March 13, he expressed his anxiety over the missile strikes and his desire to return to Bangladesh permanently once the conflict subsided. Those plans were never realized, leaving his wife to advocate for their children’s future in the wake of the tragedy.
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As the coffin arrived in Bakultala, family members and villagers gathered to pay their respects amidst scenes of profound mourning. His mother, Lucky Begum, remained inconsolable as she recounted their final, strained exchanges, lamenting that they never had the chance to reconcile before his death. For Khadija Akter, the focus now shifts to the survival of her two children. She has appealed to the government for assistance in securing a permanent home on family land, hoping to provide her daughters with the stability needed to continue their education.
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