The Foreign Ministry needed approval from their relatives whether to bury them in Yemen or Indonesia, Marty said.Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa on Wednesday confirmed the death of two Indonesian students in Yemen saying they were trapped in a fire fight in the conflict-ridden country.
"We offered our deep condolences (over the students` death). On November 26 our embassy in Sanaa received a report about the death of our brothers in a fire fight at an institute of higher learning where they studied," he said at a meeting with the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission I for defense, information and foreign affairs.
Shortly after receiving the report, the Foreign Ministry contacted their relatives and got assurance from them to arrange the bodies of the students, he said.
The Foreign Ministry needed approval from their relatives whether to bury them in Yemen or Indonesia, he said.
"After we talked with their relatives they agreed to bury them in Yemen and until now we still communicate with their relatives," he said.
The two Indonesian citizens studied at a religious institute of higher learning in Yemen`s southwestern province of Saada bordering Saudi Arabia. They were among 25 people killed in a bomb attack on the campus which also injured 48 others on November 26.(*)
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