Senior Official in the Free Syrian Army has confirmed the execution of Rev. Paolo Dall'Oglio, Jesuit Priest in Raqqa city northeastern Syria.
Lma al-Attasi, Secretary General
of the Syrian national Front affirmed to Zaman Alwasl that the prominent
Italian Jesuit, Dall'Oglio, who has been kidnapped by an Islamist group on July
29, was killed in Raqqa.
Attasi has accused the Assad
Intelligence by penetrating the ranks of the Islamic groups and contributing in
the murder. ''The Assad regime should carry the full responsibility.'' Some western governments of hiding the news
of Dall'Oglio's killing, she added.
Dall'Oglio was an outspoken supporter
of the uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The Rev. Paolo Dall’Oglio, 58,
lived for three decades in Syria, where he established an ecumenical community
at Mar Musa on the site of an early Christian monastery, engaging in interfaith
dialogue with Muslims and forging close ties with the local population, according to Huffington post.
He was expelled in 2012 by the
Assad government for his support of the rebels.
The Reuters news agency reported
that Dall’Oglio was abducted in the eastern city of Raqqa by members of the Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant, an Islamist group with ties to al-Qaida.
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