Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar joined those mourning the death of Albert Augustine, an Indian Catholic who was among 60 killed in the ongoing clashes in Sudan.
“The situation in Khartoum remains one of great concern. We will continue to monitor developments,” the minister said April 16, a day after Albert Augustine was killed after being hit by a stray bullet in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital.
Augustine, 48, was working as the security manager of a US firm in Khartoum for the past six months. He was a native of Alakode, a village in the Kannur district of Kerala.
Augustine’s wife Saibella and daughter Marietta were with him at that time of his death, Sister Remya Thomas, the deceased’s first cousin working in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, told Matters India. Their only son is studying in Canada.
Augustine’s wife and daughter joined him two weeks ago to spend the summer vacation, said Sister Remya, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Annecy and director of St. Joseph’s Community College in Bhubaneswar, Odisha capital.
She said the family was informed about the death around 9:30 p.m. on April 15 bringing great grief to the relatives.
“As the clashes started they were staying inside their apartment. Augustine had just moved to the window to make a call when he was shot. He was killed right in front of his wife and daughter,” Sister Remya quoted what Augustine’s ninth grade daughter shared with family in India over the phone. His wife has not recovered from the shock, Sister Thomas added.
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