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This just came across my Facebook feed, courtesy of the Democratic Syriac Solidarity Council in Lebanon, though it was originally reported in Swedish by the Syriac Aramaic Association of Sweden. What follows is Facebook's automated translation of the main report.
AFP: an attempt on the life of the patriarch
According to the FRENCH NEWS AGENCY AFP, who had a photographer on site who followed patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II, this was an attempt to get into the church, with the aim of killing the patriarch.
The Patriarch visited Qamishli to keep Pentecost Mass and to dedicate a memorial over the genocide of Syrian-Aramaeans in 1915.
A suspected terrorist tried to move closer to St. Gabriel Syrian Orthodox church where hundreds of people were present in the Mass led by patriarch but was discovered by the security forces who guarded area.
At the discovery triggered the terrorist its bomb with the result that two people are killed.
Syrian National Association has been in contact with local representatives in Qamishli received information confirmed.
AFP: an attempt on the life of the patriarch
According to the FRENCH NEWS AGENCY AFP, who had a photographer on site who followed patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II, this was an attempt to get into the church, with the aim of killing the patriarch.
The Patriarch visited Qamishli to keep Pentecost Mass and to dedicate a memorial over the genocide of Syrian-Aramaeans in 1915.
A suspected terrorist tried to move closer to St. Gabriel Syrian Orthodox church where hundreds of people were present in the Mass led by patriarch but was discovered by the security forces who guarded area.
At the discovery triggered the terrorist its bomb with the result that two people are killed.
Syrian National Association has been in contact with local representatives in Qamishli received information confirmed.
