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In Pictures: Coffin brings home Nepali driver killed in Kuwait drone attack
Skanda Gautam
By Skanda Gautam
Published: 02:17 pm Aug 02, 2026
The wife of Som Kumar Tamang, 44, mourns beside his coffin after the body of the Nepali migrant worker arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sunday, August 2, 2026. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT
A relative consoles the daughter of Som Kumar Tamang, 44, after the body of the Nepali migrant worker arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sunday, August 2, 2026. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT
The daughter mourns the death of her father, Som Kumar Tamang, 44, after the body of the Nepali migrant worker arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sunday, August 2, 2026. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT
The wife of Som Kumar Tamang, 44, mourns the death of her husband with a relative before the body of the Nepali migrant worker arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sunday, August 2, 2026. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT
KATHMANDU, AUGUST 2
The wife of Som Kumar Tamang, 44, mourns beside his coffin after the body of the Nepali migrant worker arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sunday, August 2, 2026. Tamang, a driver from Tehrathum district working in Kuwait since 2022, was killed in a drone attack in northern Kuwait on July 30 amid heightened regional tensions. He is the second Nepali worker to lose his life in the escalating conflict in West Asia.
Photos by Skanda Gautam for The Himalayan Times
