Kerala priest abducted by IS freed after 18 months

Wednesday 20th September 2017 06:54 EDT
 

NEW DELHI/MUSCAT: A Catholic priest from Kerala has been rescued in Yemen, 18 months after he was abducted by Islamist militants during a deadly attack on a care home in port city Aden. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted, “I am happy to inform that Father Tom Uzhunnalil has been rescued.” He was abducted by terrorists of the Islamic State after they stormed the care home run by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in March, last year. The attack had killed approximately 15 lives. Uzhunnalil was found and moved to Muscat from where he is now scheduled to return to Kerala. The priest thanked God and praised Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said and the Indian government.


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