Luc 4,776 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Three elderly Catholic nuns have been brutally raped, beaten, stabbed and beheaded at their convent in the central African republic of Burundi in two separate attacks that were dismissed initially by Italian authorities as a 'botched robbery'. The gruesome attacks have captured headlines in their native Italy, as the tragedy is the second time in less than a week an elderly Italian woman living abroad has been decapitated. Palmira Silva was beheaded with a ‘machete’ in her North London garden on Thursday, and the Nigerian man arrested for her murder will appear in court today. Pope Francis has led the Catholic church in mourning for the women, offering prayers for them in a statement: "The Holy Father begs the Lord to welcome into his kingdom of peace and light these three faithful and devout nuns", reports the Catholic Herald. The convent in Kamenge housed only four nuns, three Italians and one Congolese. That the three European nuns were targeted and the other spared over two attacks suggests there may be a racial motive to the killing. Olga Raschietti, 83, and Lucia Pulici, 75 were both beaten, raped and stabbed to death on Saturday night by a killer who used a knife and rock to attack the pair before being seen fleeing the scene. Bernadette Boggia, 79, was then found early Monday morning having been abused in the same way, and then beheaded. The Xaverian Missionary Society of Mary to which the nuns belonged initially dismissed the attack as the "tragic result of a burglary", however Burundian police have revealed no money was taken at either of the attacks. Burundi is one of the poorest countries of the world and suffers from severe underdevelopment of infrastructure, due to in part its history of bloody and destructive wars. Source: http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/09/Three-Nuns-Murdered-Burundi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry 2,374 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora 162 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 :wtf: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,380 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Yup, read it this morning in the news. Very sad. I hope they died with their faith strong in their hearts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 May they rest in peace. At least they are in heaven now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jjang 2,262 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 *Absolutely horrible, no words. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Blonde 6,363 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I hope they died with their faith strong in their hearts. That's what I hope too... Don't you think maybe they are the same thing? Love and attention? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djBuffoon 12,235 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I have no words. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix 17,395 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Awfull! R.i.p. 💎 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Yup, read it this morning in the news. Very sad. I hope they died with their faith strong in their hearts. this as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haroon 49,685 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I'm not sure if I understand this, were they in Italy or Burundi when this all happened? I'm gonna re-read it a few more times anyway, there's a lot of information to take in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
htrllllsem 14 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I hope the GGD nuns don't say anything messy, cause this is horrible Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addy Ezzie 2 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 That's horrible. Those poor women... I'm just... speechless, that's disgusting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 those are the three nuns praying for them I'm not sure if I understand this, were they in Italy or Burundi when this all happened? I'm gonna re-read it a few more times anyway, there's a lot of information to take in in the capital of Burundi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco 3,040 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 omg that' awful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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