Indian priest kidnapped in Yemen retirement home attack - officials


Elderly residents of an old people's home sit in the home's dinning hall after it was attacked by gunmen in the Yemeni port of Aden March 4, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

ADEN (Reuters) - Gunmen have kidnapped an Indian priest from an old people's home they attacked last week in southern Yemen killing at least 15 people, local government and security officials said on Sunday.

The Indian Foreign Minister announced on her twitter account an Indian national identified as Father Tom Uzhunnalil had been "abducted by terrorists in Yemen".

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