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Iraqi priest shot dead in Baghdad | Iraqi priest shot dead in Baghdad |
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An Iraqi priest has been killed in a drive-by shooting by unidentified gunmen in central Baghdad. | An Iraqi priest has been killed in a drive-by shooting by unidentified gunmen in central Baghdad. |
Fr Adel Youssef, an Assyrian Orthodox priest, was gunned down near his home in the capital's Karrada district. | |
His death follows the discovery of the body of Chaldean Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of Mosul last month, two weeks after he was kidnapped. | His death follows the discovery of the body of Chaldean Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of Mosul last month, two weeks after he was kidnapped. |
Iraqi Christians repeatedly complain of being targeted by Islamist militants, and many have fled Iraq since 2003. | Iraqi Christians repeatedly complain of being targeted by Islamist militants, and many have fled Iraq since 2003. |
Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, head of the Chaldean Catholics - Iraq's largest Christian denomination - said Iraqi Christians were shocked by Saturday's killing. | Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, head of the Chaldean Catholics - Iraq's largest Christian denomination - said Iraqi Christians were shocked by Saturday's killing. |
Fleeing Christians | Fleeing Christians |
"We are praying and asking God for security in Iraq," Cardinal Delly told Reuters. | "We are praying and asking God for security in Iraq," Cardinal Delly told Reuters. |
What can we do? How many people have been killed? Cardinal Emmanuel DellyChaldean patriarch Christians besieged in Iraq | What can we do? How many people have been killed? Cardinal Emmanuel DellyChaldean patriarch Christians besieged in Iraq |
The cardinal said the Church was "ready to forgive the people who committed these crimes for the sake of the single family of Iraq". | The cardinal said the Church was "ready to forgive the people who committed these crimes for the sake of the single family of Iraq". |
"What can we do? How many people have been killed? Christians, Muslims, Sabaens, people who have dedicated themselves to serving this country but they are killed." | "What can we do? How many people have been killed? Christians, Muslims, Sabaens, people who have dedicated themselves to serving this country but they are killed." |
Many Christians have fled as a result, and their number, believed to have been around 800,000 five years ago, has dwindled since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. | Many Christians have fled as a result, and their number, believed to have been around 800,000 five years ago, has dwindled since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. |
Shortly after the murder of Archbishop Rahho, Pope Benedict XVI had issued an anguished plea for Iraq's Christians, and called for an end to bloodshed in the country. | Shortly after the murder of Archbishop Rahho, Pope Benedict XVI had issued an anguished plea for Iraq's Christians, and called for an end to bloodshed in the country. |
Elsewhere in Baghdad on Saturday, a bomb exploded on a minibus, killing three people. | Elsewhere in Baghdad on Saturday, a bomb exploded on a minibus, killing three people. |
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