Religious Sisters in northern Mozambique who were robbed at gunpoint have recounted their ordeal, describing how they were threatened with decapitation during a night-time raid.
The Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament broke their silence for the first time since the attack, telling Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that a group of 18 armed men stormed their compound in conflict-ridden Cabo Delgado Province.
Sister Ofélia Robledo Alvarado said that the men carried “machetes, iron bars and weapons”.
