![]() ![]() “I took a one year break and then I heard that Georgia was inviting transfer students. From there, she started exploring alternative options to continue her studies abroad. “We had to stay at the border for three days in really cold weather.” Unlike a number of African and Asian students who have spoken out about their experiences of racism while trying to flee Ukraine, Krishna says that her main issue was the sheer volume of people trying to reach safety: “ We had a hard time crossing the border because it was extremely crowded.”Įventually Krishna was able to enter Romania, where she spent a few days in a shelter, before being repatriated to her home state of Kerala in India. Our families called us and that’s when we came to know that there was shelling and moved to bunkers,” she recounts.įearing that she would not survive the war if she stayed in Ukraine, Krishna immediately headed to the Romanian border. “My friends and I were in our apartment, and we didn’t know what was happening outside. Even though there were warnings about a possible Russian invasion in early 2022, Krishna says that she didn’t fully grasp the seriousness of the situation. Krishna never imagined that one day she would have to flee the country due to a war. ![]() “The study was very good, and I felt really comfortable there.” “The first option for me was Ukraine,” she tells Equal Times. Krishna is one of the approximately 18,000 Indian students ( according to Ukrainian government data from 2021) who had chosen Ukraine for their undergraduate studies before the war broke out. Every day before my birthday, I’ll remember that traumatic event,” she says. “The war started the day before my birthday. While in San Antonio, he helped lead the 2018 investigation into a series of bombings around Austin.Megha Krishna, a 23-year-old student from India, was in her third year at Ternopil National Medical University in Ukraine, when on 24 February 2022, Russia invaded the country. Smith's time in Houston included high-profile crimes that FBI agents investigated or assisted with, including the April manhunt for a man accused of killing five people in Cleveland. In a news release Monday, the FBI said during his time in Houston he " prioritized violent crime investigations by advocating for a surge of federal resources to the Space City." Smith will be the first Black man to lead the New York office, according to New York TV station WNBC.īefore coming to Houston, Smith worked in Los Angeles, Baghdad, San Antonio and at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. More than 2,000 FBI special agents, professional staff, and task force members report to the New York field office, according to the agency. Smith was appointed in February 2022 to lead the Houston field office, the eighth-largest FBI office in the country. ![]() His replacement in Houston has not been announced. OFFICER CHARGED: Murder charges filed against San Antonio police officers accused of shooting woman The FBI Monday named Smith the assistant director of the FBI's New York Field Office. Less than 18 months after taking the reins of Houston's FBI office, Special Agent in Charge James Smith is moving to New York to take charge of the largest FBI office in the county. Brett Coomer/Staff photographer Show More Show Less Law enforcement officials on Sunday were continuing to search for a man they say killed five people, ages 8 through 31, “execution-style" in San Jacinto County late Friday. ![]() Melissa Phillip/Staff Photographer Show More Show Less 2 of2 FBI Houston Special Agent in Charge Jim Smith, speaks to the media during a news conference where $80K combined reward was announced from FBI, state and regional crime stoppers, for information leading to shooter’s capture on Sunday, Apin Cleveland. 1 of2 James Smith, FBI Special Agent in Charge, speaks during a press conference for the new violent crime initiative held by the Department of Justice at Jack Yates High School, 3650 Alabama St., Thursday, Sept. ![]()
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