The Department of Foreign Affairs today expressed its appreciation to Slovakia for offering to bring home the remains of the Filipino financial analyst who was beaten to death in Bratislava last week.
The DFA, quoting a report from the Philippine Embassy in Vienna, said the family of overseas Filipino worker Henry John Acorda has accepted the offer of the Slovakian Government to repatriate his remains next week.
“We would like to thank the Government of Slovakia for its kind gesture of offering to bring home our late kababayan and reuniting him with his loved ones here in the Philippines,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano said.
Ambassador to Vienna Ma. Cleofe R. Natividad said the repatriation is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
Ambassador Natividad said the Slovakian Government has offered to provide an aircraft to carry the remains and personal effects of Acorda and his mother and two siblings.
Acorda, 36, died last week from injuries he sustained after he was brutally assaulted by a local man in Bratislava who he earlier tried to stop from harassing a Filipina companion.
The suspect is now in detention and is facing manslaughter charges.
Acorda’s death has enraged Slovaks with no less than Prime Minister Peter Pelligrini condemning the incident and assuring that justice will be served.