Indian Salesian Fr Tom Uzhunnalil, who was kidnapped in Yemen more than a year ago, has pleaded in a video message for the Indian government and the Church to do more to secure his release. The video was posted on YouTube by the news site Aden Time.
The heavily bearded and very thin Fr Uzhunnalil is shown seated with a cardboard sign in his lap with the date April 15, 2017. A similar video was posted in December.
An official at the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia, which includes Yemen, said the person in the video is the kidnapped Salesian, but he would not comment further. Bishop Paul Hinder, the apostolic vicar, was away from the vicariate headquarters in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on a pastoral visit.
