JamesG
10-07-2023, 08:45 AM
A bride and groom, whose wedding celebration ended in disaster after a fire killed more than 100 of their guests, have told Sky News they can no longer live in their community.
Revan, 27, and bride, Haneen, 18, say they feel they are "dead inside" despite surviving the blaze, which started inside a packed wedding hall in Qaraqosh, in the Nineveh province of northern Iraq.
Revan said he lost 15 members of his family in the fire, adding his bride "can't speak" after the loss of 10 of her relatives, including her mother and brother. Her father is also in a critical condition.
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Mourners gathered in Hadinya, Iraq, on Wednesday to bury the victims of Tuesday’s wedding hall fire.
Authorities said around 100 people died in the incident, and the death toll is expected to rise further with at least 100 others still injured, many of them critically burned.
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Revan, 27, and bride, Haneen, 18, say they feel they are "dead inside" despite surviving the blaze, which started inside a packed wedding hall in Qaraqosh, in the Nineveh province of northern Iraq.
Revan said he lost 15 members of his family in the fire, adding his bride "can't speak" after the loss of 10 of her relatives, including her mother and brother. Her father is also in a critical condition.
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Mourners gathered in Hadinya, Iraq, on Wednesday to bury the victims of Tuesday’s wedding hall fire.
Authorities said around 100 people died in the incident, and the death toll is expected to rise further with at least 100 others still injured, many of them critically burned.
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