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No clue to whereabouts of Indian priest abducted from retirement home in Yemen

FP Archives March 7, 2016, 21:36:38 IST

Missionaries of Charity spokeswoman Sunita Kumar said that attackers who hit the retirement home in Yemen handcuffed Father Tom Uzhunnalil and took him away

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No clue to whereabouts of Indian priest abducted from retirement home in Yemen

Kolkata: A charity group established by Mother Teresa says an Indian Catholic priest was abducted by militants when they attacked a retirement home in southern Yemen last week, killing 16 people including four nuns. [caption id=“attachment_2661498” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Yemeni security forces gather outside an elderly care home after it was attacked by gunmen in Aden, Yemen. AP Yemeni security forces gather outside an elderly care home after it was attacked by gunmen in Aden, Yemen. AP [/caption] Missionaries of Charity spokeswoman Sunita Kumar said Monday in Kolkata that Father Tom Uzhunnalil was handcuffed and taken away by the attackers when they stormed the retirement home in Aden. Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup said there was no information about the priest’s current location or status. After they entered the retirement home, the gunmen moved from room to room, handcuffing their victims before shooting them in the head. Kumar said two of the killed Catholic nuns were from Rwanda and the other two were from India and Kenya. AP

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