"I do not know whether the murder of sister Leonella is connected with the criticism of the Pope, but violent acts have been committed for years in Somalia against people of the Church by fringe groups of ill-intentioned people. Let’s mention Annalena Tonelli and then Graziella Fumagalli. Probably she was killed just because she was a member of the religious community". This is the opinion expressed to SIR by mgr. Giorgio Bertin, bishop of Djibuti and apostolic director to Mogadishu, who had known for years sister Leonella Sgorbati, the missionary of the Consolation who was killed in Mogadishu yesterday along with her bodyguard. “For a long time there have been people sowing hatred against all that is Western or looks Christian states mgr. Bertin, in an interview, from Wednesday on old.agensir.it -. We must look at the speeches made by some extremists, for whom the presence of Ethiopic troops in Somalia is a problem, partly because Ethiopia is a Christian country. Perhaps the exploitation of the Pope’s speech has given its contribution to the last straw that broke the camel’s back. On Saturday in Mogadishu there has been a powerful protest in which the organisers invited people to take revenge".
