Switzerland’s Foreign Ministry said Friday that a Swiss woman who was held hostage in Mali has been killed by an Islamist group.
The ministry said it was informed by French authorities that the hostage had been “killed by kidnappers of the Islamist terrorist organization Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam Muslimeen about a month ago.”
The group, known as JNIM, is Mali’s branch of al-Qaida.
Switzerland’s foreign minister condemned the killing of the hostage, Beatrice Stoeckli, whose release his country had quietly been trying to negotiate since she was kidnapped four years ago.
“It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of our fellow citizen,” Ignazio Cassis said in a statement. “I condemn this cruel act and express my deepest sympathy to the relatives.”
Cassis said the exact circumstances of her killing were still unclear.
“The information about the killing was obtained by the French authorities from the recently released French hostage,” the ministry said….
Jihadists kidnapped Swiss Christian missionary Beatrice Stoeckli twice. She was accused of proselytizing for Christianity and was threatened with execution. Now she has indeed been murdered.
The Muslim persecution of Christians continues throughout Africa at genocidal proportions. This persecution focuses primarily on native Christians, but the murder of Stockly demonstrates that foreigners aren’t safe, either. Yet those who proclaim to support human rights are silent, as the world embraces the “Islamophobia” canard.
The ministry said it was informed by French authorities that the hostage had been “killed by kidnappers of the Islamist terrorist organization Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam Muslimeen about a month ago.”
The group, known as JNIM, is Mali’s branch of al-Qaida.
Switzerland’s foreign minister condemned the killing of the hostage, Beatrice Stoeckli, whose release his country had quietly been trying to negotiate since she was kidnapped four years ago.
“It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of our fellow citizen,” Ignazio Cassis said in a statement. “I condemn this cruel act and express my deepest sympathy to the relatives.”
Cassis said the exact circumstances of her killing were still unclear.
“The information about the killing was obtained by the French authorities from the recently released French hostage,” the ministry said….
Jihadists kidnapped Swiss Christian missionary Beatrice Stoeckli twice. She was accused of proselytizing for Christianity and was threatened with execution. Now she has indeed been murdered.
The Muslim persecution of Christians continues throughout Africa at genocidal proportions. This persecution focuses primarily on native Christians, but the murder of Stockly demonstrates that foreigners aren’t safe, either. Yet those who proclaim to support human rights are silent, as the world embraces the “Islamophobia” canard.
