'Atmosphere of terror': Refugee family shocked by violence in Surrey
outside the window of their room at the Days Inn in Surrey that left the parking lot “red with blood,” have deeply shaken the family.Speaking through an interpreter, Ahmad said the family arrived on May 4 as refugees, their hearts full of gratitude and hope. The Afghani journalist, who had worked as a local contributor to The New York Times, began to receive death threats from the Taliban prior to the collapse of Afghan government in August, 2021.
“I was very shocked,” said Ahmad. “What had I done wrong? The other families weren’t being asked to move.”After hurriedly throwing their belongings together, the family of seven was moved to two small rooms at the Days Inn near Gateway Station in Surrey. On his way back to the Days Inn, he received a frantic phone call from his son Mansoor. Someone had been shot just outside of their hotel room.
All the other refugee families were moved, but because Ahmad had already secured housing, his family was left at the hotel, the only residents on the floor in “an atmosphere of terror.”Article content
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