Amman bombing death toll rises to 59

Published November 17th, 2005 - 02:33 GMT

Hala Farouqa followed her husband Anis Alami and died of wounds sustained last week in Amman's bombing. One of the blasts took place during Hala daughter, Nadia Alami's wedding party. Since the day of the wedding/ bombing, Hala was in critical conditio until she died on Thursday dawn leaving a son. On Wednesday, the bride and her groom came to visit Hala after visiting a number of those injured in their wedding. 

 

According to Petra, Nadia recalled that her mother wasn't happy on her wedding day as if she knew that something bad will happen. She also recalled her father wishing that all would end well on that day. "I saw my father die in front of my eyes, he was covered with blood", Nadia adde.

 

With Hala's death, the toll of Amman blasts mounted to 59.

 

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