WelCom May 2024
Unknown assailants shot and seriously injured a priest while he was celebrating morning Mass in Myanmar’s conflict-stricken northern Kachin state. Two men opened fire on 40-year-old Fr Paul Khwi Shane Aung, parish priest of St Patrick’s Church, Mohnyin, in the Myitkyina Diocese, according to Church sources. The motive behind the attack is not yet known. The injured priest was rushed to a hospital in Mohnyin and was later moved to a hospital in Myitkyina, the state capital.