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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Mon Sep 8, 2014, 10:45 AM Sep 2014

Three Italian nuns killed in Burundi

Reuters in Bujumbura
Monday 8 September 2014 10.43 EDT

Three Italian nuns were found murdered over the weekend in the north of Burundi's capital, officials and a priest in the African state said on Monday.

Police said two suspects had been detained for questioning. A statement put out by the nuns' order said "the murders appeared to be the tragic outcome of an armed robbery or a vendetta."

Fr Mario Pulicini, responsible for the parish in Kamenge, a northern suburb of Bujumbura, named the nuns as Lucia Pulici, who was 75 and due to celebrate her birthday on Monday, and Olga Raschietti, 82. He said they were found dead in their dormitory on Sunday.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/08/three-italian-nuns-killed-burundi

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