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| Train blast: Bodies of victims sent to Pak |
| 2007-02-23 |
| The first 10 bodies of Pakistanis killed in Samjhauta Express blasts arrived at Wagah on Wednesday night. Six of them belong to Ayaz Ahmed's family. He lost his parents, his aunt, uncle and their two children, including an 18-year-old boy and a two-year-old girl. Ayaz was denied a visa so his cousins from Farikabad in India identified the bodies and brought them till the border. "Just imagine how my children are at this time. It has been three days and I have not seen the face of my dead parents," he said. Ayaz had hoped that his cousins could cross over to Pakistan so that the family could mourn together. But a brief meeting on the no man's line was all they got because they did not have passports. Desperate to reach out to his family across the border, Ayaz sent out a message through NDTV. "I want all my cousins in Fariqabad to be patient, to take care and pray for my parents, elder sister. Such a big tragedy, calamity has taken place. Please control yourself, take care of yourself," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |