ISIS posts torture video of abducted Malayalee priest on Facebook
Synopsis
On Tuesday, the captors of Father Tom Uzhunnalil, a Malayalee priest who was abducted by the ISIS in Yemen in March, posted a torture video and picture of the priest on Facebook.
According to media reports, the militants hacked into the priest’s Facebook account to post a recent picture of the priest.
The picture shows a weak and pale Father Tom with the caption: “Fr Tom's Entreaty will be uploaded soon ..!”
The video which was released by Pravachaka Sabdaman, a social media group on Facebook shows a blindfolded Father Tom being beaten up brutally by his captors.
Father Tom’s family has confirmed that the man in the video and the picture is Father Tom. The family received a photograph of the blindfolded priest a couple of weeks ago, and the government has been trying to figure out the location from where the picture was taken.
Four months ago, IS militants attacked an old age home in Eden which was set up by the Missionaries of Charity in 1992. Four nuns were killed, and they abducted Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who hails from Kottayam.