Dust to dust: Victims of Wagah blast laid to rest amid tears

9 of a family, including six children, buried in Samundri village.



DERA GHAZI KHAN/ GUJRANWALA/ FAISALABAD:


Victims of Sunday’s deadly blast at Wagah were laid to rest in various districts of the province on Monday.


Six children and three adults of a single family were laid to rest in Chak 471-GB, Samundri, in Faisalabad district.

They were

Robab Jan, 3; Haleema Sadia, 5; Hoor Yasmin, 4; Emaan Fatima, 3; Zahida, 7; Nadia Ali, 3; Javeria, 17; Imran, 25; and Ramzana, 55.

The family had gone to Lahore to visit their relatives. Later, they went to the Wagah border to see the flag-lowering ceremony.

Talking to The Express Tribune, Abdul Hameed, a relative of the family, condemned the terrorists.

“This is a callous act of terrorists. These terrorists do not care whether they are killing children or adults,” he said.

“In fact, the terrorists did not just kill 55 people, they destroyed 55 families,” Hameed said. Emotional scenes were witnessed in the village before the funerals.

Two victims of the Wagah border bombing were buried in a Tamboli village near Kamoke on Monday.

Rafiq, 50, and his son, Mazhar, 12, had died in the blast. Their bodies were brought back to the village early on Monday morning.

Five people belonging to Kamoke are being treated at various hospitals in Lahore.

Manzoor Hussain, a truck driver, who was killed in the blast, was buried in Bahadarwali village near Hafizabad.

Hussain was taking marble to India in his truck. He was waiting for customs clearance at the border checkpost when the blast occurred. He was injured in the explosion and later died at a hospital.

The funeral prayers for Rimsha, 17, were offered in Mana Ahmadani area on Monday. Rimsha had been an intermediate student in Lahore.

Her father, Farooq Ahmad, told The Express Tribune that Rimsha had gone to the Wagah border along with her family to witness the flag-lowering ceremony.

“Rimsha and my wife were injured in the blast. She later died from the wounds,” he said. He also condemned terrorists.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 4th, 2014.

COMMENTS (1)

Musafir | 9 years ago | Reply

May God the Father Almighty give healing to the bereaved families, May He provide comfort and relief and healing to those injured, and May God give us all people the understanding to recognize and confront this evil being perpetrated in the name of Islam and the courage to oppose it by everyone who sees it in any form directed at any people who are ALL created equally by the same God.

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