Kerala Priest abducted last year by IS terrorists rescued: Sushma Swaraj
A Catholic priest, who was abducted in March 2016 allegedly by IS terrorists in Yemen, has been released, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday. https://twitter.com/SushmaSwaraj/status/907547052912947200?ref_src=twsrc^tfw&ref_url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/kerala-priest-abducted-by-is-in-yemen-rescued-sushma-swaraj/465915.html “I am happy to inform that Father Tom Uzhunnalil has been rescued,” she tweeted. Uzhunnalil, who hails from Kottayam, was kidnapped from a care home in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden last year. The priest was abducted during a terrorist raid on a Missionaries of Charity-run old age home in Aden in Yemen on March 4, 2016. At least 16 people including four nuns were killed during the attack. The priest was flown from Yemen to Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman, as per reports. -PTC News
