{"id":17101,"date":"2026-07-16T13:44:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=17101"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:44:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:44:40","slug":"remains-of-ghanaian-killed-in-south-africa-repatriated-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=17101","title":{"rendered":"Remains of Ghanaian killed in South Africa repatriated home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mortal remains of Bashiru Isak, the Ghanaian national killed in South\u00a0<a class=\"google-anno google-anno-oc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citinewsroom.com\/2026\/07\/remains-of-ghanaian-killed-in-south-africa-repatriated-home\/#\">\u00a0<span class=\"google-anno-t\">Africa<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in an attack linked to the country\u2019s recent wave of xenophobic violence, have been repatriated to Ghana, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry said Mr. Isak\u2019s body arrived at the Accra International Airport on Tuesday, July 14, at 6:40 p.m. after the Government of Ghana, through its High Commission in Pretoria and with the consent of his family, facilitated its return.<\/p>\n<p>Family members and senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received the body at the airport before it was transferred to the 37 Military Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry confirmed that the deceased, who was fatally shot multiple times in Khayelitsha, a suburb of Cape Town, was Bashiru Isak, describing him as \u201ca law-abiding and loving father of three.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It said the confirmation contradicted \u201cfalse claims initially made by some South African officials\u201d regarding the victim\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n<p>The government and Mr. Isak\u2019s family have agreed to conduct an independent autopsy after Ghana\u2019s High Commission in Pretoria and the family were unable to obtain an autopsy report from South African authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government of Ghana renews its demand for justice. We expect expedited investigations, arrests and prosecution. There must be no room for silence or cover-ups in the gruesome killing of Mr. Isak,\u201d the ministry said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>It said Mr. Isak would be buried in accordance with Islamic customs after the autopsy is completed.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry added that the government remains committed to pursuing \u201call appropriate diplomatic and legal avenues\u201d to ensure justice is served, while extending its condolences to Mr. Isak\u2019s parents, wife, children, friends and loved ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mortal remains of Bashiru Isak, the Ghanaian national killed in South\u00a0\u00a0Africa\u00a0in an attack linked to the country\u2019s recent wave of xenophobic violence, have been repatriated to Ghana, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday. The ministry said Mr. Isak\u2019s body arrived at the Accra International Airport on Tuesday, July 14, at 6:40 p.m. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":17102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3854,41,3507,386],"tags":[5384,1187,5385],"class_list":["post-17101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accident","category-general-news","category-national","category-security","tag-bashiru-isak","tag-government","tag-xenophobic-violence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17103,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17101\/revisions\/17103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}