Grieving parents are protesting a delayed release of the bodies of 16 students who died in a fire at Utumishi Girls Academy, ten days after the tragedy.

• Families were allowed to view the charred remains but informed that only one body, that of 17-year-old Zuhura Rama, could be released for immediate burial.
• The remaining 15 bodies are being held by authorities pending a national requiem service planned for June 17, a decision many parents find deeply distressing and contrary to Islamic burial traditions.
• Parents, frustrated by the extended wait for closure, are demanding the immediate release of their children's bodies for burial as planned.