Yemen attack: Indian Mother Superior of aid home to be evacuated today

March 07, 2016 12:06

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said that the Indian mother superior of an aid home in Aden, where four nuns were killed and an Indian priest was kidnapped by gunmen, will be safely evacuated today.

"Yemen -- I have spoken to Sister Sally -- an Indian national from Kerala. She is safe and will be evacuated today," Swaraj tweeted.She had said earlier that India will make all efforts to rescue Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who went missing in Yemen after the attack on the aid home.

"Yemen is a conflict zone. We do not have an Embassy there. But we will spare no efforts to rescue Father Tom Uzhunnalil," Sushma tweeted.

An Indian nun from Jharkhand was among the four nuns who were massacred by unidentified gunmen at a retirement home run by the Missionaries of Charity in Yemen.

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