Kerala Priest Tom Uzhunnalil Freed by Suspected ISIS Terrorists Reaches Bengaluru
Team Udayavani, Sep 29, 2017, 4:02 PM IST
Bengaluru: Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was freed after being kept in captivity by suspected ISIS terrorist organisation for 18 months in strife-torn Yemen has reached Bengaluru on Friday and met priests of his religious order.
“I thank God almighty. I thank everybody in the name of Jesus,” Uzhunnalil, who had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday, told reporters at the airport here after arriving from Delhi.
The 59-year-old Catholic priest had returned to Delhi on September 28 after rest and recuperation in the Vatican City. Uzhunnalil belongs to the Congregation of Salesians of Don Bosco and was abducted reportedly during a terrorist attack in Aden and taken to an undisclosed place.
He was welcomed by Bengaluru Development Minister K J George and several priests, besides Christian leaders at the airport. After his arrival, he was driven to Don Bosco Provincial House where he was welcomed by Father Jose Koyickal, the Vice Provincial of Bengaluru Province. He also attended a meeting at St.John’s Medical College and Hospital. Uzhunnalil reached Yemen in 2010 and was serving the Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity of St. Mother Teresa and the catholic population there.
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