Friday, February 29, 2008

DAR AL ISLAM-IRAQ: CHALDEAN BISHOP OF MOSUL, KIDNAPPED

Chaldean bishop of Mosul is kidnapped


Mosul, 29 Feb. (AKI) - Paulos Faraj Rahho, the Chaldean bishop of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul was kidnapped on Friday after he finished celebrating the rite of the Via Crucis at a local church.

Eyewitnesses said that a group of armed men stopped the bishop as he was travelling in his car and took him by force.

Adnkronos International (AKI) confirmed the kidnapping with the Mosul diocese.

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1) Chaldean bishop of Mosul is kidnapped

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