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Mamadou Zoungrana of Gatineau lost his wife, Rabdou Salimata Zoungrana and their two children, ages six and 13, when an Air Algérie jetliner carrying 116 people crashed Thursday morning in a rainstorm over Mali. After a day-long search its wreckage was found near the border of neighbouring Burkina Faso.
Isabelle Prévost, of Sherbrooke, Que., a 35-year-old mother of three, also died in the crash, according to her father. Prévost had accompanied friends — a Burkino-Canadian couple from Longueuil, near Montreal, and their two children — to a wedding anniversary in Burkina Faso. Neither Prévost’s husband nor her three children accompanied her on the trip, according to the victim’s father.
Representatives from Montreal’s Air Algérie office would not confirm any details nor divulge the identities of any of the victims.
Zoungrana declined to speak to the Citizen, electing one his many friends to convey his story instead.
“He just left his home and went to his job, he didn’t know anything,” said Edmund Ziba, a close friend who is staying with Zoungrana during this time.
Zoungrana heard the news while he was at work at a nearby hospital, where he works as a technician.
But when his friends kept calling him at work, he finally checked his voicemail that urged him to turn on the television. That’s when he knew he would never see his family again.
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Zoungrana moved to Canada in 2012, leaving his wife and young children behind in Burkina Faso while he built a life in Quebec for the family. He had planned everything for his family’s arrival: the apartment where they would live, the table where they would eat, the school his children would go to.
“And now it’s like he did all this for nothing,” Ziba said.
Culega Zoungrana, Mamadou Zoungrana’s roommate, said that although it had been a while since his friend had seen them, family was very important to him.
“It’s deplorable… It’s a shock,” Culega Zoungrana said.
Zoungrana is now relying on the support of a close network of ex-pats, many whom would often come to him for a smile and characteristic generosity.
Burkina Faso’s government spokesman said the country will observe 48 hours of mourning.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a statement saying he was saddened at news of the crash.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of the passengers and crew who lost their lives in this tragedy,” he said in the statement, adding that it was confirmed Canadians are among the victims.
Tweets from the account of Lynne Yelich, Canada’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said consular officials are ready to provide assistance.
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Isabelle Prévost, of Sherbrooke, Que., a 35-year-old mother of three, also died in the crash, according to her father. Prévost had accompanied friends — a Burkino-Canadian couple from Longueuil, near Montreal, and their two children — to a wedding anniversary in Burkina Faso. Neither Prévost’s husband nor her three children accompanied her on the trip, according to the victim’s father.
Representatives from Montreal’s Air Algérie office would not confirm any details nor divulge the identities of any of the victims.
Zoungrana declined to speak to the Citizen, electing one his many friends to convey his story instead.
“He just left his home and went to his job, he didn’t know anything,” said Edmund Ziba, a close friend who is staying with Zoungrana during this time.
Zoungrana heard the news while he was at work at a nearby hospital, where he works as a technician.
But when his friends kept calling him at work, he finally checked his voicemail that urged him to turn on the television. That’s when he knew he would never see his family again.
Related
Zoungrana moved to Canada in 2012, leaving his wife and young children behind in Burkina Faso while he built a life in Quebec for the family. He had planned everything for his family’s arrival: the apartment where they would live, the table where they would eat, the school his children would go to.
“And now it’s like he did all this for nothing,” Ziba said.
Culega Zoungrana, Mamadou Zoungrana’s roommate, said that although it had been a while since his friend had seen them, family was very important to him.
“It’s deplorable… It’s a shock,” Culega Zoungrana said.
Zoungrana is now relying on the support of a close network of ex-pats, many whom would often come to him for a smile and characteristic generosity.
Burkina Faso’s government spokesman said the country will observe 48 hours of mourning.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a statement saying he was saddened at news of the crash.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of the passengers and crew who lost their lives in this tragedy,” he said in the statement, adding that it was confirmed Canadians are among the victims.
Tweets from the account of Lynne Yelich, Canada’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said consular officials are ready to provide assistance.
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