A 29-year-old Indian nurse from Kerala and her son have been killed in a rocket attack in Libya. The incident happened last evening when their apartment was hit in a rocket shelling at 4 PM local time at the Zawiya city, about 45 km off the capital Tripoli.
Confirming the incident, Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj said she has received a report from the Indian Ambassador to Libya Azar AH khan on the development.
In a series of tweets, she said that advisories had been issued many times in the past warning, the Indian expats against continuing their stay in Libya and asked them to evacuate as early as possible.
Mrs Swaraj said that there are 26 more Indians working in Zawiya hospital. Expressing grief of the death of the nurse, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy asked the Centre to help all Keralites stuck in Libya to return home.