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Peacekeeper's body returns for burial

By ZHENG JINRAN (China Daily) Updated: 2016-06-10 07:01 Comments

Peacekeeper's body returns for burial

The brother of Shen Liangliang, the Chinese peacekeeper who was killed in a terrorist attack on May 31 at a United Nations camp in Mali, holds a framed picture of the hero as soldiers carry his coffin from a plane in Changchun, Jilin province, on Thursday. Shen's body was flown back to the city where his regiment is based. [LI SONG/CHINA DAILY]

The body of a Chinese peacekeeper who was killed in a terrorist attack on May 31 at a UN camp in Mali was flown back on Thursday to Changchun, capital city of Jilin province, where his regiment is based.

A military plane carrying Shen Liangliang's body touched down on Thursday afternoon in Changchun. A funeral service will be held on Friday morning.

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