Keralite Priest Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, who was abducted from Yemen in 2016, has been rescued. It was reported that the priest was rescued after the intervention of the Oman Foreign Ministry. The priest from Kottayam, who has been taken to Muscat in Oman, will be flown back to Kerala later on Tuesday, 19th September, 2017. The ministry of affairs has confirmed the report.
A daily in the Gulf country, Oman Observer, reported that the priest thanked Almighty God and expressed his gratitude to Sultan Qaboos for securing his release and also thanked his brothers and sisters and all relatives and friends. As soon as the media reported the news of his rescue, various people like Jose K Mani, MP, expressed happiness over the rescue.
The priest’s brother also expressed happiness over the rescue that has come as a relief to the desperate family that has been awaiting any news on him for the past one-and-a-half years. Fr. Uzhunnalil was abducted in March, 2016, by terrorists who attacked an old-age home run by Mother Theresa’s Missionaries of Charity in southern Yemeni, the city of Aden.
