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Four nuns among the dead in Yemen massacre

By Euro Weekly News Media • Published: 05 Mar 2016 • 10:47

Zvonimir Atletic

AN ELDERLY care home became a scene of bloodshed and horror on Friday (March 4) in Yemen when a group of gunmen burst in and began to slaughter innocent civilians.

Among the deceased were four Catholic nuns, as well as various other employees of the centre, including nurses, security guards and cleaning staff.

The incident took place in Aden, a large port city in the southwest of the country. According to officials and witnesses, several of the gunmen went into the building under the ruse that they were visiting their mothers. Once inside they began to handcuff victims, and then began to shoot them.

They then continued on their bloody spree, brutally murdering anyone they could find. One nun managed to survive by hiding inside a refrigerator after a guard urged her to run.

Around 80 residents live in the home, which is run by Missionaries of Charity, an organisation that was originally founded by Mother Teresa. This is not the first time that Missionaries of Charity nuns have been the victim of wanton violence in Yemen. In 1998, gunmen killed three nuns in the city of Hodeida.

Yemen has been effectively divided in two as the result of an ongoing civil war. Shiite rebels control the north of the country, whereas in the south, an internationally recognised government backed by Saudi Arabia is in charge, although the situation is extremely volatile.

At the moment it remains unclear exactly which group was behind Friday’s attack.

 

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    • Neil Kemp

      05 March 2016 • 15:31

      This just shows the mentality of terrorists. Old people and religious elders, all unarmed and weak. Hard, aren´t they? Take their weapons away and put them, one at a time, in a room with a few men and women, and let´s see how hard they are then. They are disgusting. They are scum. They are the lowest of the low, They do not deserve a life of any kind.

    • Ian Thomas

      05 March 2016 • 21:41

      Neil you are quite right, but those who continually turn the other cheek only get smacked on the other side of the face. And we are importing this kind of scum by the millions into Europe. So get ready!!!

    • kay peukert

      06 March 2016 • 11:00

      it is always the same- man made religion under a guise
      of helping – I just wish they would not bother going to these places where they are not wanted.
      The catholic church, to me is the worst and I have had experience. of it.
      kay

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