This is an ANS item and you may already have recieved it - but there will be some communities that rely on 'austraLasia' for their news, so I am repeating it here. JBF
India - Three Salesians shot dead in Imphal
(ANS Rome, 15th May 2001) - Two priests and a seminarian were shot dead by militant groups at Imphal, a town in North East India. The victimes were Salesians of Don Bosco - members of a Catholic religious order that has as many as 8 schools in the area.
At about 8.p.m., local time, men armed with guns entered the Salesian Novitiate at Imphal and killed the Novice Master Fr. Raphael Paliakara and two others Fr. Andreas Kindo and a young cleric, Bro. Shinu Joseph.
Fr. Thomas Mulayinkal, the Salesian Provincial in charge of the area, said that a sense of fear has prevailed over the region for a long time due to the demand for money made by various underground groups. In December last year a diocesan priest who was the principal of a school was shot dead and in February this year another escaped an attempt on his life. Owing to this, Fr. Thomas states that he had to close down all the schools for over a month and had to recall all the principals from their posts
(ANS Rome, 15th May 2001) - Two priests and a seminarian were shot dead by militant groups at Imphal, a town in North East India. The victimes were Salesians of Don Bosco - members of a Catholic religious order that has as many as 8 schools in the area.
At about 8.p.m., local time, men armed with guns entered the Salesian Novitiate at Imphal and killed the Novice Master Fr. Raphael Paliakara and two others Fr. Andreas Kindo and a young cleric, Bro. Shinu Joseph.
Fr. Thomas Mulayinkal, the Salesian Provincial in charge of the area, said that a sense of fear has prevailed over the region for a long time due to the demand for money made by various underground groups. In December last year a diocesan priest who was the principal of a school was shot dead and in February this year another escaped an attempt on his life. Owing to this, Fr. Thomas states that he had to close down all the schools for over a month and had to recall all the principals from their posts
