By Baghdadhope*
Worsened the balance of the attack carried out this afternoon to the Syriac Catholic Church of Our Lady of Salvation.
The first rumors that Baghdadhope gathered since 8.00 p.m. Italian time from some sources of the church who prefer not to be mentioned talked about a priest killed but it was a piece of news to be confirmed that unfortunately now it is.
To die, killed by the terrorists in the first moments of the attack was not only Father Thair Sad-alla Abd-al, but also Father Waseem Sabeeh Al-kas Butros. As for Father Rufail Qutaimi Baghdadhope's sources refers that he was wounded and he is in severe health conditions.
According to the same sources the attack is not yet over and the terrorists would still be inside the church. Nothing is known by now of the exact number of the wounded and the victims.
The voices from Baghdad talk about corpses unrecognizable for the bombs exploded inside the church and that the terrorists divided the people into 4 groups putting among them the bombs. Considering the difficulty with which the news are filtering out of Baghdad is expected, however, for the Syriac Catholic Church to issue an official statement on what happened today.
Moving the words of a young Chaldean priest from Baghdad who told to Baghdadhope: "That church resembles a ship. For us, it's the ship that now takes us in the tempest."
In the meantime Msgr. Warduni confirmed to Baghdadhope the death, this morning, of Msgr. Petrus Harbouli, Chaldean bishop of Zakho, who in mid-September was hospitalized after a severe brain haemorrhage.
The funeral service will be held in Zakho but neither the Patriarch of the Chaldean church, Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly nor Msgr. Warduni will partecipate to it considered the situation in Baghdad and that, as stated by Msgr. Warduni: "we want to be near to the Syriac Catholic church in these tragic moments."
The funeral service will be held in Zakho but neither the Patriarch of the Chaldean church, Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly nor Msgr. Warduni will partecipate to it considered the situation in Baghdad and that, as stated by Msgr. Warduni: "we want to be near to the Syriac Catholic church in these tragic moments."
Msgr. Warduni has not confirmed by now the piece of news about the killing of the two priests.
