The government on Saturday confirmed that a nurse from Kerala and her one-and-half-year-old son have been killed in a rocket attack in the violence-hit Zawiya city of Libya.
The government on Saturday confirmed that a nurse from Kerala and her one-and-half-year-old son have been killed in a rocket attack in the violence-hit Zawiya city of Libya.
External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj confirmed in a series of tweets on Saturday that Sunu Sath-yan and her son Pranav were killed in the rocket attack on their apartment block on Friday at around 4 pm in Zawiya city, 45 km from the Libyan capital Tripoli. “On 25 March 2016, around 4 pm, Mrs Sunu Sathyan, an Indian nurse from Kerala, and her son Pranav were killed when a rocket (hit) their apartment,” she said. “We have got in touch with her husband Vipin Kumar. There are 26 more Indians working in Zawiya hospital,” Ms Swaraj said.
The victim was working as a nurse in a medical centre. Her husband Vipin, who is also a nurse in Libya, was away on duty.
Sunu and the toddler were sleeping in their house when it was rocked by the explosion, her father Sathyan Nair told agencies from Kondadu in Kerala’s Kottayam district.
Meanwhile, Ms Swaraj made a fresh appeal, urging people in conflict zones to move out. “We have issued advisories many times. I request you once again — please move out of the conflict zones.”
Mr Nair has sought the Kerala government’s help to bring back the mortal remains of his daughter and grandson.
“Yesterday I got information through phone that my daughter and her one-and-a-half-year-old baby died in a bomb blast at her residence while they were sleeping,” he said in his letter to the government. He also requested for help and protection to Sunu’s husband. “I came to know that the blast occurred due to regular fights between the rival groups in Libya. So I humbly request your good self to make available the detailed information about the incident and help us bring back the dead body of my beloved daughter and her son, whom we have never seen,” he said.
