Indians who have returned from Yemen, recall how the school itself has come under attack after the fighting has intensified.
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After most of the stranded Indians were evacuated from Aden, Gen VK Singh (retd), minister of state for external affairs, aboard one of the IAF's flights thanked Tahseen Bahader, vice-principal of Mahatma Gandhi International School for her efforts in coordinating the rescue operations.This school run by the Indian embassy is now abandoned and has suffered damages during the fighting.
Khatib Rizaz and Fathima Riyaz, natives of Dharwad district in north Karnataka, were teachers at the school. Even though happy to be back home with their families, they are nostalgic about the school. Khatiba and Fathima, who taught Biology and English, respectively, said it was one of the best schools in Yemen.
"There were only about 450 students in the school. A very small number of these were Indians. The majority were Arabs and children of other expats," remembered Khatib. "It was on the last Saturday of March, when the parents, school bus drivers and others came to the school saying it was not safe anymore. We decided to shut the school," he said.
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Yunus S, a native of Bhatkal, rescued from Yemen got a shock on Monday morning when one of his Yemeni neighbors sent a photo of his apartment in the same neighborhood, burning after getting hit by RPG fire.
"It was the balcony where my children used to stand most of the time. I'm glad we are out of there safe, before this. I can't imagine what would have happened, if this attack on the house had happened when we were still in Aden," said Yunus, going through the photos of his damaged apartment.
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