Body of Fadi Al-Batsh who was assassinated in Kuala Lumpur over the weekend will return to Cairo at dawn Thursday to be later repatriated to the Gaza Strip for burial.
The Palestinian ambassador in Egypt affirmed that Egypt agreed to allow the body to be returned through its border with Gaza along with his wife and children.
Fadi Mohammed al-Batsh 35 was born in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip. He was killed in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia at the hands of unknown gunmen at dawn Saturday 21/4/2018 and is survived by his wife and three children. He has been living in Malaysia for many years.
He has obtained his BAs and MAs degrees in electrical engineering from the Islamic University of Gaza in late 2009.
Al-Batsh received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Malaya Malaysia in 2015. His research was entitled “Raising the efficiency of power transmission networks using power electronics technology.”
Al-Batsh was assassinated by two unknown gunmen who fired several bullets at him hitting his head and body when he was attempting to head for dawn prayer in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. His family pointed fingers at the Israeli Mossad.
His family holds the Israeli Mossad responsible for the murder calling on the Malaysian government to open an urgent investigation to reveal the circumstances of the assassination.
