Army spokesman Brigadier Ravi Herath stated that a military Luns Corporal has died of a heart attack while an army officer was engaged in peacekeeping military operations in the Mali.
The deceased has been identified as the Lance Corporal Deshapriya, a 40-year-old father of two.
The deceased soldier states that Sri Lanka has to come to Sri Lanka on August 17 this year.
According to the country’s tradition, the funeral will be held on the 16th and will be brought to the country from a plane of Turkish airline.
It has been said that this soldier is told that the funeral will be informed later.