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City Garbi: Sagda Elnihum and Omar Garbi

city garbi: He phoned me, according to CBC. When I opened the phone, he cried, and he told me, 'Omar, my son's died,' and closed his phone. I received call from my friend, Omar Garbi said. The man was calling from Derna, Libya, the city Garbi and his wife, Sagda Elnihum, fled with their two children in 2014. Many of the victims were children. The city was hit by an air strike Oct. 31 that killed at least 17 and wounded more than 30 people. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.