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Libya: Kerala nurse and her son killed in shell attack in Zawiya

| | Mar 26, 2016, at 10:11 pm
New Delhi, Mar 26 (IBNS): The Indian government on Saturday confirmed the death of a Kerala nurse and her son in a shell attack at their apartment in Libya's Zawiya, which is 45 Kms from Tripoli.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted: "I have received report reg the death of an Indian nurse and her infant son in Libya. This happened in Zawiya - 45 Kms from 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 their apartment," she wrote.

Swaraj said that her government got in touch with her husband Vipin Kumar.

"There are 26 more Indians working in Zawiya hospital," she said.

 

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