"Could Die Any Moment": Family Rescued From Sudan Recounts Trauma
NDTV
Since mid-April, more than 450 people have been killed and over 4,000 injured, the World Health Organisation has said. There have been reports of violence even amid a 72-hour ceasefire.
The first group of Indians who landed in Delhi from Sudan Wednesday evening has horror stories to tell of the conflict that practically broke out in their own backyard 10 days ago.
The 360 Indians were picked by a Navy ship and IAF C130J plane of Operation Kaveri from Port Sudan as the 72-hour ceasefire was declared between the warring generals to help evacuate foreign nationals.
Many of the Indians who landed Wednesday appeared traumatised, having repeatedly seen neighbouring houses bombed, missiles flying overhead and people being robbed at gunpoint for 10 long days.
One of them was Jyoti Agarwal, whose husband worked as a Chartered Accountant in Khartoum. The family -- including her son and 10-year-old daughter -- has managed to reach Delhi in one piece, leaving behind everything they had.
