Thai investigators have completed the process of identifying the body of Shani Maril, the 12-year-old Israeli girl killed in a fire aboard in a ship in the Andaman Sea, Hebrew-language news sites report.
Shani Maril. the 12-year-old girl from Modiin who was killed in a fire on a boat in Thailand on April 8, 2015 (photo credit: courtesy)
The confirmation paves the way for Maril’s family to bring home their daughter for burial in Israel.
Maril’s body was found Thursday in the bathroom of the ferry that caught fire and sank off the coast of Thailand a day earlier. She was the only fatality.
Her body was located 18 meters (59 feet) underwater by scuba divers conducting the search on behalf of the Thai navy, Channel 2 reported.
Representatives from the local Chabad house and the Israeli consulate were present at the scene.
She was in Thailand with her family to celebrate her bat mitzvah.
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