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Orphan cries out for parents at service for Jewish victims
01 December 2008
Held by his grieving grandmother, he cried out "Ima" and "Dada", Hebrew for mother and father, at the prayers for Mumbai's Jewish community. The toddler's parents - Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and Rivka Holtzberg - were among six Jewish people killed in Nariman House. Israeli officials who travelled to the city say the toll could be higher, as forensic teams search the site.
The five-storey building served as an educational centre, synagogue and hostel for Israeli tourists. Moshe survived after his Indian nanny Sandra Samuel, 44, fled with him in her arms as militants captured the building.
More than 100 mourners attended the service at the Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue today, including Israel's ambassador to India, Mark Sofer.
The service came as Britons wounded in the attacks today returned home, with one revealing shocking new details of his ordeal. Harnish Patel, 29, from Putney, was discharged from Mumbai's Jaslok hospital with Dianne and Michael Murphy, and brought back to Britain in an air ambulance. Mr Murphy, the most severely wounded, had to be transported in a special cardiac vehicle.
The trio were taken to hospitals near their homes to continue their treatment. As they boarded the plane in Mumbai, Mr Patel said: "I don't think anybody knows how severe my injuries were. I was shot three times. It's only today that they told me the details.
"Both bullets in my leg went all the way through. I didn't realise that when the bullet exits, that's where it makes the biggest mess. They went through two thighs and somehow missed every bone and artery." He said he was increasingly plagued by memories of the event. "There were two old people next to me who'd been shot through their faces, and they were piled on top of each other, their faces hanging off. I almost vomited." Mr Patel said he was now looking forward to meeting his family again, as he tried to put the events of Mumbai behind him.
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