Sad as hell
Fled war torn syria and
Family that lost 7 children in fire came to Halifax as refugees in 2017 | CBC News
Seven children are dead following a fire early Tuesday that swept through the Halifax home of a Syrian refugee family, the deadliest house fire in recent Nova Scotia history.
Halifax police confirmed the deaths at the house on Quartz Drive in the community of Spryfield.
Ebraheim and Kawthar Barho arrived in Nova Scotia with their children in September 2017 and moved to Spryfield last summer, neighbours and friends said.
The group that sponsored the family to come to Canada identified the victims as:
He had sent the mother, Kawthar, to seek help from neighbours as the house burned, said Horne. She said Kawthar was not physically injured but has "undergone extreme emotional stress."
"She's finding it difficult to accept what has happened and she just repeats the name of her children over and over again and asks to see them."
Fled war torn syria and
Family that lost 7 children in fire came to Halifax as refugees in 2017 | CBC News
Seven children are dead following a fire early Tuesday that swept through the Halifax home of a Syrian refugee family, the deadliest house fire in recent Nova Scotia history.
Halifax police confirmed the deaths at the house on Quartz Drive in the community of Spryfield.
Ebraheim and Kawthar Barho arrived in Nova Scotia with their children in September 2017 and moved to Spryfield last summer, neighbours and friends said.
The group that sponsored the family to come to Canada identified the victims as:
- Abdullah, three months old
- Rana, 2
- Hala, 3
- Ola, 8
- Mohamad, 9
- Rola, 12
- Ahmed, 1
He had sent the mother, Kawthar, to seek help from neighbours as the house burned, said Horne. She said Kawthar was not physically injured but has "undergone extreme emotional stress."
"She's finding it difficult to accept what has happened and she just repeats the name of her children over and over again and asks to see them."
