Khartoum, 09 November, 2023 / 9:56 pm (ACI Africa).
Members of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA), also called Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco in Sudan, have been left counting losses after a bomb exploded at their residence on November 3.
Dar Mariam Mission in Khartoum, which houses five religious sisters, a priest and lay people who sought refuge there, was hit in the incident that occurred at 6.50am.
In an interview with Catholic Pontifical and Charity Foundation, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International, Fr Jacob Thelekkadan, the resident Priest, said that the bomb hit the building’s first floor, and that it was a miracle that no one was killed.
Casualties were minimized as the women and children staying there were all gathered on the ground floor at the time, Fr Thelekkadan said, and added, “We cannot imagine the harm that these explosions would have caused if it landed on the ground floor.”
He said, “Some residents suffered slight injuries. One young mother and her two children, aged seven and four, received minor head wounds.”
Bomb landed in Dar Mariam house, Khartoum, Sudan. Credit: ACN
The beautiful portrait of Our Blessed Mother shattered into pieces. Credit: ACN
