Abu Dhabi / WAM
The bodies of the four Emirati martyrs, Captain Ahmed Khalifa Al Baloushi, 1st Lieutenant Pilot Jassem Saleh Al Zaabi, Warrant Officer Mohammed Saeed Al Hassani, and Warrant Officer Sameer Mohammed Murad Abu Bakr,
arrived at the Al Bateen Airport in Abu Dhabi.
The bodies were accompanied by a number of officers from the UAE Armed Forces. Senior officers received the martyrs’ bodies at a special military reception.
The General Command of
the UAE Armed Forces mourned the death of the four martyrs, who fell while carrying out their routine duties in Shabwah, Yemen, as their helicopter
crash-landed after sustaining a technical failure.
A funeral prayer was held for Emirati serviceman Mohammed Saeed Al Hassani, who died while performing his national duty, as part of Operation Restoring Hope being conducted by the Saudi-
led Arab Coalition to back the
legitimate government in Yemen.
Worshippers and mourners performed the funeral prayer for the martyr at the Rabeea bin Aamri Mosque in Dhadna, Fujairah. They carried his body to the Dhadna graveyard, where he was laid to rest.
They prayed to Allah Almighty to bless the soul of the martyr
and to grant his family patience and solace.
Worshippers and mourners performed the funeral prayer for the martyr at the Armed Forces Martyrs Mosque in Al Ain.
They carried his body to Al Matawaa graveyard, where he was laid to rest.
His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras al-Khaimah, performed the funeral prayer for martyr 1st Lieutenant Pilot Jassem Saleh Al Zaabi, at
the Humaid Al Qasimi Mosque in Ras al-Khaimah.
Sheikh Saud offered his sincere condolences to Al Zaabi’s family, praying to Allah to bestow his mercy and eternal peace on the martyr’s soul and to grant his family patience and solace to
bear the loss.
Sheikhs, senior local officials, tribal chiefs, notables, dignitaries, army officers and personnel as well a crowd of Emirati citizens and residents were also present.
His Highness Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman, performed the funeral prayer for martyr Warrant Officer Samir Mohamed Murad Abu Bakr, at Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Ajman, after Maghreb prayer on Saturday.
Sheikh Ammar offered his
sincere condolences to the martyr’s family, praying to the Almighty Allah to bestow his mercy and eternal peace on the martyr’s soul and to grant his family the patience and solace
to bear his loss.
Sheikhs, senior local officials, tribal chiefs, notables, dignitaries, army officers and personnel as well a crowd of Emirati citizens and residents, also
attended the funeral prayer.