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Abducted priest from Kerala, crucified by ISIS
While Indians were glued to the TV sets, watching the India vs Australia cricket match, there was a brutal crime being committed. A priest from Kerala was crucified by the ISIS in Yemen.
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According to International media reports, Father Tom Uzhunnalil a catholic priest from Kerala who worked with Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, was crucified by ISIS on Good Friday.
On March 4, 2016 he was kidnapped in Yemen, during a raid on a nursing home run by Missionaries of Charity. 16 nurses and nuns were also killed in this raid.
His execution by the Islamist group, using the same method used by the Romans on Jesus Christ on Good Friday, was confirmed at the Easter Vigil Mass by Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna, The Washington Times reported.
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