Catholic bishop killed in Kenya

[MaineDem]

A Roman Catholic bishop has been shot dead in northern Kenya, a Vatican spokesman has said.

Bishop Luigi Locati was killed as he walked to a pastoral centre in the town of Isiolo where he worked, said a Vatican official in Nairobi.

It is unclear why Bishop Locati, who was Italian, was shot.

Police are investigating possible links to ethnic clashes in the north. Isiolo has the same ethnic mix as areas where at least 70 people have been killed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4684691.stm

[emad]

1. Gunmen shoot dead bishop

Agencies, Nairobi
Friday July 15, 2005
The Guardian

Gunmen shot dead a veteran Italian missionary in northern Kenya last night.

Bishop Luigi Locati, 77, was killed in Isiolo, a town 200 miles north of Nairobi, as he returned home from a pastoral centre where he had taken his evening meal, said Joseph Samal, development coordinator for the Roman Catholic diocese of Isiolo.

A group of six unidentified assailants opened fire on the bishop after chasing away his house guard, he said.


"They shot him twice in the head," Mr Samal told Reuters. "He was taken to hospital but within some 15 or 20 minutes he was pronounced dead."Gunmen shoot dead bishop

http://www.guardian.co.uk/kenya/story/0,12689,1529166,00.html

[Roland99]

2. Poor headline. Why shoot someone that's already dead?

:( for the Bishop and his family.

[kestrel91316]

3. Why would somebody shoot a dead bishop??

Oh. Nevermind.

[Throckmorton]

4. Was he on the Landing?

I don't know who keeps bringing'em in here.
I put three of them down in the bin and the dustman won't touch'em

[Moderator]

5. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1629531

[TahitiNut]

6. "Gunmen shoot ..."?? (Why else would they be called "gunmen"??)

Who do they have writing headlines? A Bush twin? An ESL dyslexic could do better.