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Syria: Priest gunned down


Fr Hovsep Bidoyan  Image ACN

Fr Hovsep Bidoyan Image ACN

Source: Aid to the Church in Need

Armenian Catholic priest Father Hovsep Bidoyan has been murdered today (Monday, 11th November 2019), at the entrance of a church in eastern Syria.

Both Father Hovsep Bidoyan, from Qamishli, and his father were killed during a visit to the Armenian Catholic Church in Deir Ezzor, a city in eastern Syria.

The news was received this afternoon by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need.

It is not clear who is responsible for the killing or their motives.

More details to follow.

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