We could not confirm what Zaman Alwasl had published that Jesuit Father Paolo Dall'Oglio has been killed, the Vatican's ambassador to Damascus last said.
''We are very worried about Father Dall'Oglio
as for everyone here in Syria, where the situation is getting worse with every
passing day and the picture is getting grimmer by the minute,'' Papal Nuncio
Mario Zenari told ANSA on Monday.
Local news should be taken with a grain of salt, Zenari added. ''You have to be careful because is also an information war, with reports constantly being retracted,'' he said.
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 Ar Raqqa, North east Syria.
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.
Editing by Mohamed Hamdan
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