Colleagues and relatives expressed grief late Saturday at the news that a pair of local junior high school teachers have been found dead in Afghanistan.
The two teachers, 44-year-old Jun Fukusho and 30-year-old Shinobu Hasegawa of Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, had gone missing in early August after saying they would be traveling to Pakistan on holiday.
Two bodies found Friday in the desert in southern Afghanistan were identified as being those of the missing pair the following day, after dental records matched.