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Father Tom Uzhunnalil abducted by Islamic State rescued, tweets Minister Sushma Swaraj

| @indiablooms | Sep 12, 2017, at 10:11 pm
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted on Tuesday afternoon that Father Tom Uzhunnalil has been rescued.

" I am happy to inform that Father Tom Uzhunnalil has been rescued," she tweeted.

She further tweeted, "Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil could be released soon."

Father Tom Uzhunnalil of Kerala was abducted by the Islamic State from Yemen in March, last year, according to media reports.

In December, the media reported that he has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pope Francis to help him get his release from the terror group.


Image: Sushma Swaraj/Twitter

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