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A missionary priest originally from north Belfast has been shot in South Africa. A missionary priest originally from Belfast is seriously ill after being shot in a burglary in South Africa.
Father Kieran Creagh, who works with Aids sufferers in Johannesburg, was attacked by robbers in the hospice he built. Father Kieran Creagh was attacked by robbers at the hospice he founded to help Aids sufferers in Johannesburg.
He is now believed to be in a stable condition in hospital. Fr Creagh's brother Liam said two men overpowered guards and shot him twice - one bullet becoming lodged in his lung.
Father Creagh's brother Liam said it was a traumatic experience. "Two men came in and they over-powered the guards," he said. The priest, who was the first person in Africa to be injected with a trial HIV vaccine, was made Irish International Personality of the Year in 2004.
He received the award after volunteering to try out the vaccine, despite being free from the virus himself.
He has worked with Aids patients in the country for a decade and opened the Leratong hospice in 2004.
'Bit of a struggle'
Liam Creagh said the shooting had been a traumatic experience.
"Two men came in and they overpowered the guards," he said.
One shot hit him in one of his lungs - and it is lodged there - and the other shot went through his arm Liam Creagh
"They went up to the apartment where he stays at the hospice and they rang the bell."They went up to the apartment where he stays at the hospice and they rang the bell.
"He thought it was a patient coming to get him. He opened the door and I think there was a bit of a struggle. "He thought it was a patient coming to get him. He opened the door and I think there was a bit of a struggle."
"They fired two shots at least. One shot hit him in one of his lungs - and it is lodged there - and the other shot went through his arm." He said the men fired at least two shots.
"One shot hit him in one of his lungs - and it is lodged there - and the other shot went through his arm."
Other reports suggested up to 14 men broke into the hospice.
Police told the Associated Press the robbers, who have not been caught, made off with money from the hospice safe and the priest's mobile phone.