Bangui, 25 April, 2023 / 9:00 pm (ACI Africa).
An Italian missionary who was involved in the April 16 mine explosion at a Catholic Mission in the Central Africa Republic (CAR) had escaped a similar incident two years ago.
Agenzia Fides reports that Fr. Arialdo Urbani, an 83-year-old Italian Betharramite missionary was the only passenger that walked away unscathed when a car he was traveling in was hit in a mine explosion, killing four passengers in the vehicle.
According to the April 21 Agenzia Fides report, the mine exploded near the car of the Catholic mission of Niem, between the villages of Ndongue Douane and Sokorta, 115 km from Bouar, in CAR.
Four people died in the explosion that also left some people injured, Agenzia Fides reports, and adds, “In the car was Father Arialdo Urbani, an 83-year-old Italian Betharramite missionary.”
“The missionary, who has been working in the village of Niem, in the northwest of the country, since 1986, is doing well,” the information service of Propaganda Fide says.