Xaverian missionaries doubt police explanation for nuns' murder in Burundi
September 11, 2014
A representative of the Xaverian missionary sisters in Burundi has voiced dissatisfaction with police officials’ investigation into the murder of three nuns.
On September 10, police announced the arrest of a man who, they said, had confessed to the killings. But Sister Delia Guadagnini was not persuaded. “We do not think that this horrible crime was committed by a single person,” she told the Fides news agency. “We do not believe in the police’s version.”
Sister Guadagnini, a former superior of the Xaverian order, voiced her suspicion that police had quickly found a suspect as “an excuse to divert the investigation.” She said, however, that the Xaverian sisters would not be intimidated by the crime and would continue their work in Burundi.
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Further information:
- Missionaries killed: "We do not believe in the police’s version, however, we will continue with our mission", says a nun (Fides)
- Suspect arrests, confesses to murder of nuns in Burundi (CWN, 9/10)
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