Daniel Abraham Hagos
June 01, 2014 (Drammen) – Eritreans are grieving the loss of 35-year-old Daniel Abraham Hagos in Drammen, Norway.
Local Eritreans said they are deeply shocked and saddened by his death, as they gathered on Thursday and Friday to mourn the loss of Daniel, whose body was found in a river on Monday, May 26, 2014.
Daniel’s close friends invited local Eritreans to a gathering at the Safari Restaurant in Drammen to remember and mourn their lost companion. His friends are calling for donations to collect enough funds to return Daniel’s body home to his family in Eritrea.
After initial results from an autopsy at the forensic pathology department of the University Hospital of Oslo, it was confirmed that the body discovered by a passerby belongs to Daniel Abraham Hagos. The Eritrean went missing and was seen last alive on April 25 at his residence in the small town of Svelvik in the southeast of Norway.
The cause of his death is still under investigation, but people who knew Daniel said that he had already tried to kill himself twice before. He went through a state of low mood and depression after arriving in Europe.
Daniel came via Lampedusa to Europe and like so many other Eritreans went through unbelievable hardship and difficult times - his sister lost her life in Lampedusa trying to reach Europe. He struggled to return to normal life in Norway and felt increasingly purposeless being in this world, friends say.
To support Daniel’s friends to return his body to his family in Eritrea, we would like to call for your donations and thank you for your support.
Daniel Abraham Hagos †
