AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN – Two nuns killed in an ambush; “Murdered cold bloodedly” denounce the sisters – Agenzia Fides

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Juba (Agenzia Fides) – “Our sisters were killed cold bloodedly”, says Sister Christine John Amaa, of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, providing details of the murder of Sister Mary Daniel Abut, and Sister Regina Roba victims of an ambush along the Juba-Nimule highway on August 16. According to reports, the two nuns were part of a group of nine sisters when gunmen attacked their bus. “Our former Superior General, Sr. Mary Daniel Abut, who served the Congregation of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus from 2006 to 2018, and Sr. Regina Roba were killed cold bloodedly on their way back to Juba after the celebrations of the centenary of the parish of the Assumption of Our Lady”, says Sister Amaa. Following the ambush of unknown armed men, says Sister Amaa, the nine nuns “tried to escape and hid in the surrounding bushes”. The criminals managed to find the two nuns and killed them cold bloodedly.

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN – Two nuns killed in an ambush; “Murdered cold bloodedly” denounce the sisters – Agenzia Fides

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