Irene Sofiya, 16, laid to rest in Batu Pahat cemetery after school hall death in Yong Peng

Jameyah Rabani (cengtre), grandmother of the 16-year-old student believed to have been murdered, sprinkles rose water over her granddaughter’s grave after the burial at Kampung Parit Arshad Muslim Cemetery in Yong Peng, Johor on October 4, 2026. — Bernama pic

First Published: Monday, 05 Oct 2026 8:45 AM MYT

BATU PAHAT, Oct 5 — Sixteen-year-old Irene Sofiya Mohd Khairool Faisal, who was killed in an incident at a school in Yong Peng, was laid to rest at the Kampung Parit Arshad Muslim Cemetery here at about 7.50pm yesterday.

Earlier, her remains were brought to her grandmother’s home in Kampung Parit Selamat, Yong Peng, at about 6.30pm following a post-mortem at Sultanah Nora Ismail Hospital here.

More than 100 family members, relatives, school friends, teachers and locals were at the cemetery to pay their final respects.

The teenager was found unconscious and covered in blood in a school hall in Yong Peng at about 5.50pm yesterday.

Johor police chief Datuk Ab Rahaman Arsad said the victim suffered multiple injuries to the head and body and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 16-year-old boy was detained in the Yong Peng area at about 7pm the same day and remanded for six days until Oct 9 to assist investigations.

Police are investigating the case under Section 302 of the Penal Code, while the motive and circumstances remain under investigation. — Bernama