Sri Lankan envoys in Doha and Tehran were in coordination with the Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka in expediting the repatriation of the remains of the three Sri Lankan students at state expense. Three Sri Lankan female students died of smoke inhalation in a fire due to an electrical shortage which occurred at their apartment in Baku, Azerbaijan on Friday (January 10).

All three victims, aged 21-25 years were identified as students at Western Caspian University in Baku.Their bodies were submitted to forensic medical examinations and the Azerbaijan government has launched investigations into the matter. The postmortem examination on the deaths were concluded two days ago.