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MUMBAI, India – A group of criminals looted the SVD Divine Word mission in Odisha, a state in western India, on April 10.
A statement from the religious order said 11 people entered the teachers’ quarters which is at St. Arnold primary school in the evening and threatened the workers and the teachers.
The school is in the village of Bagdehi, more than 15 miles northeast of Jharsuguda, the headquarters of the Divine Word congregation’s India East province.
After looting their valuables and taking their mobile phones, the criminals locked them up in a room and strictly ordered them not to shout for any help.
At gunpoint, they then asked a lady worker to take them to the confreres’ residence threatening that they would kill her daughter who was with her if she did not agree. Out of fear, the worker showed them the rooms of the confreres from outside.
A message the provincial sent said the attackers left the mission around 1 am on April 11 carrying cash and valuables.
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A statement from the religious order said 11 people entered the teachers’ quarters which is at St. Arnold primary school in the evening and threatened the workers and the teachers.
The school is in the village of Bagdehi, more than 15 miles northeast of Jharsuguda, the headquarters of the Divine Word congregation’s India East province.
After looting their valuables and taking their mobile phones, the criminals locked them up in a room and strictly ordered them not to shout for any help.
At gunpoint, they then asked a lady worker to take them to the confreres’ residence threatening that they would kill her daughter who was with her if she did not agree. Out of fear, the worker showed them the rooms of the confreres from outside.
A message the provincial sent said the attackers left the mission around 1 am on April 11 carrying cash and valuables.
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Criminals attack church facility in Odisha state in India
A group of criminals looted the SVD Divine Word mission in Odisha, a state in western India, on April 10.
