Under curfew: Stranded children return home
Children were caught in the midst of heavy shelling during curfew in Khomer and sought temporary shelter in a house
GILGIT:
The 20 children stranded in a house for three days, after imposition of curfew on Tuesday, reached home late Thursday night, family members said on Friday.
“An army vehicle came late night and dropped all the children home,” Saman told The Express Tribune by phone. She had offered shelter to the children who were all bellow the age of 12.
They were all residents of Dakpura, a small residential area. She said they had almost run out of food but their neighbours’ contribution helped them get by.
When sectarian violence broke out on Tuesday morning, schools asked students to head back home. The children were caught in the midst of heavy shelling in Khomer and sought temporary shelter in a house that belonged to a deceased engineer, Muhammad Hussain, in Khomer.
With the city under curfew and mobile networks jammed, the children could not contact their families and were left at the mercy of security forces who were patrolling deserted roads of the city after curfew.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 7th, 2012.
The 20 children stranded in a house for three days, after imposition of curfew on Tuesday, reached home late Thursday night, family members said on Friday.
“An army vehicle came late night and dropped all the children home,” Saman told The Express Tribune by phone. She had offered shelter to the children who were all bellow the age of 12.
They were all residents of Dakpura, a small residential area. She said they had almost run out of food but their neighbours’ contribution helped them get by.
When sectarian violence broke out on Tuesday morning, schools asked students to head back home. The children were caught in the midst of heavy shelling in Khomer and sought temporary shelter in a house that belonged to a deceased engineer, Muhammad Hussain, in Khomer.
With the city under curfew and mobile networks jammed, the children could not contact their families and were left at the mercy of security forces who were patrolling deserted roads of the city after curfew.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 7th, 2012.