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Seema Banu’s family has called on the Irish government to help with the repatriation of their loved ones after they were found dead on Wednesday.
eema (37) and her two sons Asfira (11) and Faizan (6) died violently, and Gardaí is convinced that the children Asfira and Faizan were killed, but they have yet to fully determine how Seema died.
Gardaí officially launched a murder investigation this afternoon after autopsies on the three victims were completed.
Gardaí says they will not release the results of the examinations due to operational reasons and no arrests have been made at this time.
Gardaí continues to interview witnesses, conduct extensive door-to-door investigations, and collect and examine all relevant CCTVs.
Seema Banu’s family and their children Asfira and Faizan have said they would be “grateful for our life” if the Irish government helped them repatriate the three bodies, as they say they cannot afford it.
Ms Banu’s family told RTÉ News that they last spoke to her last Thursday and couldn’t believe the news when they heard it, saying that it only came true when they saw it on the news.
The family say it would cost 18,000 euros to bring the three bodies home to the Mysore region of India and that they cannot afford it, and they say they feel powerless. They are also asking the Indian Embassy in Dublin for help.
Seema was one of eight siblings and she is the only member of her extended family to ever move abroad, her cousin Sufi Masood told RTÉ.
“We would be grateful for our lives if you could send our loved ones back to our family so that we can see them one last time and do the final business with our own hands. That would be really helpful.”
Sufi explained that the family only moved to Ireland in February, having moved there from Dubai. He admitted that his parents were distraught and had not eaten or slept since hearing the news.
He said the whole family is in shock and couldn’t believe this happened to them.
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