Body of Bangladeshi killed in Riyadh attack to arrive Friday

The body of Bangladeshi migrant worker Md Shahed Ahmed, who was killed in an attack at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Friday (October 23), according to the Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh.

The body is expected to reach Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 8:35AM on a US-Bangla Airlines flight, BS362, which will depart from King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah at 11:10PM on Thursday (October 22), according to an embassy notice.

Shahed, 36, hailed from Madla village in Shahjahanpur upazila of Bogura. He was employed by Saudi Arabia’s Saad Al-Essa Contracting Company and was returning to work in Jeddah after spending a month on leave with his family when he was killed in the October 10 attack at Riyadh airport.

He left behind his wife and two sons.

Meanwhile, Shahed’s outstanding salary, allowances and service benefits totalling 27,395.62 Saudi riyals, equivalent to around Tk9 lakh, have been deposited into the Bangladesh Embassy’s account in Riyadh.