Kerala nurse and her son killed in Yemeni rocket attack, confirms Swaraj

New Delhi: The government on Saturday confirmed that a nurse from Kerala and her one-and-half-year-old son have been killed in a rocket attack in violence-hit Zawiya city of Libya.

Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj confirmed, in a series of tweets, on Saturday that Sunu Sathyan and her son Pranav were killed in the rocket attack on their apartment block on Friday at around 4 p.m. in Zawiya city, 45 km from Libyan capital Tripoli.

“On 25 March 2016, around 4 pm Mrs Sunu Sathyan an Indian nurse from Kerala and her son Pranav were killed when a rocket (hit) their apartment,” she said.

“We have got in touch with her husband Vipin Kumar. There are 26 more Indians working in Zawiya hospital,” Swaraj said in another tweet.

The victim was working as a nurse in Zawiya Medical centre AZ Zawiya, Libya. Her husband Vipin, who is a male nurse in Libya, was away on duty.

Sunu and the toddler were sleeping in their house when it was rocked by the explosion, her father Sathyan Nair told agencies from Kondadu in Kottayam district.

Meanwhile, the External Affairs Minister made a fresh appeal, urging people in conflict zones to move out. Nair has sought Kerala government’s help to bring back the mortal remains of his daughter and grandson.