By Karin Strohecker and Anna McIntosh VIENNA (Reuters) - Distraught over missing relatives en route from Syria to western Europe, two young men waited anxiously on Friday for news outside Vienna?s forensic department, where some of the bodies of 71 dead migrants found in Austria have been brought. Last time we heard, they were in Hungary," one of the young Syrian-Kurdish men said, declining to give his name for fear of upsetting his family back home. "And the worst thing is: we tried to contact the smuggler in Hungary, who was meant to take them to Austria, but he has switched off his phone," he added, with hands shaking and tears in his eyes.
08-30-2015, 05:39 PM
Syrians fear for relatives after Austrian migrant tragedy
By Karin Strohecker and Anna McIntosh VIENNA (Reuters) - Distraught over missing relatives en route from Syria to western Europe, two young men waited anxiously on Friday for news outside Vienna?s forensic department, where some of the bodies of 71 dead migrants found in Austria have been brought. Last time we heard, they were in Hungary," one of the young Syrian-Kurdish men said, declining to give his name for fear of upsetting his family back home. "And the worst thing is: we tried to contact the smuggler in Hungary, who was meant to take them to Austria, but he has switched off his phone," he added, with hands shaking and tears in his eyes.
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