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Families recount horror of losing children in Assam violence

Bhangarpar (Assam): When Halima Khatun jumped into the Beki river with her five-month-old child to save his life from terrorists, she never thought it was the last time she was holding her child.“Everywhere there was

PTI PTI Updated on: May 08, 2014 12:06 IST
Same is the story of other victims of the terrorist attacks in Narayanguri and Hagrabari villages of Baksa district.

Except three-four fortunate families, all the remaining 70-odd families have lost their loved ones.

“I lost my three sons and a daughter.Their bodies were lying in the field when I reached there after an hour of the attack,” Ajimuddin Ali (50) said.

Ali, who was away in Bhangarpar market along with most of the men of the villages, ran to the river side after hearing gunshots.

'But no boat was ready to cross the river fearing the attack.I had to wait for an hour to cross.And when I reached the village, everything was finished,' he said.

The weeping father said his wife jumped into the river with their two-year-old son, but the child could not survive the current of the river.

'I have found the body of one of my sons and the child, but my other son and the daughter are still missing,” Ali, who is a tailor by profession, said.

75-year old Iman Ali said he lost his wife while he was away in the market on the east side of the Beki river, which flows through the Manas National Park.

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