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Norwegian couple returns on pilgrimage to Mumbai

Arne Stromme and Line Kristinwoldbeca were with a female companion at Leopold Cafe when the terrorists rained bullets on it.

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A Norwegian couple is back in Mumbai to face and deal with its 26/11 scars. Arne Stromme and Line Kristinwoldbeca were with a female companion at Leopold Cafe when the terrorists rained bullets on it. While the woman died on the spot, Stromme was hit by a bullet that pierced through his face and landed in his skull.

Recounting his experience at a press conference, an emotional Stromme told DNA, “I am grateful to Line and my magic physicians Dr Turle and Dr Rahul from Bombay Hospital. Though I was in the hospital for 20 days, the psychological recovery prolonged for a year.”

Dr Keki Turle, a neurosurgeon at Bombay Hospital, said, “Arne was the first 26/11 patient to come to the hospital around 11pm. Due to his critical condition, it took special neurological skills to operate him. It was a 5-hour operation — we had to perform neurosurgery, plastic surgery, followed by an orthopaedic surgery, and all of this was done on local anaesthesia.”

The Norwegians are in touch with other survivors from India, London, France, Germany and other countries. This year, they want to be with the other Indian survivors.

Kristinwoldbeca said, “We have come back on a pilgrimage to this city as we have healed together with it.”

On 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab, the couple said, “Even after our ordeal, we don’t think Kasab should be hanged. He should instead be punished with life, as death will be an easy escape.”
The couple thanked the four army soldiers who helped rescue them and the two boys who dropped them to Bombay Hospital, who, they say, are their 26/11 heroes.

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