Lebanese Priest Killed in South Africa
A Johannesburg priest of Lebanese origin was killed on Friday in South Africa following is abduction by armed men.
Individuals who sought to rob him earlier kidnapped Father Sham. He was later found dead and thrown in a Johannesburg field.
While escaping his kidnappers crashed their vehicle in a traffic accident killing one assailant and wounding another.
South African police arrested the wounded kidnapper who confessed his crime.
Father Sham was 50 years old from northern Lebanon. He spent his life serving orphaned children. He founded a society that looked after poor and abandoned children that later numbered 600.