White Christian Missionary Killed in Nigeria

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White Christian Missionary Killed in Nigeria

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The kidnapped Christian missionary sang Amazing Grace. But instead of a round of applause, he received a round a bullets.


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British aid worker shot dead in Nigeria after singing Amazing Grace

Fellow missionaries describe how Ian Squire was gunned down in front of group by men who had kidnapped them in Delta state

A British charity worker kidnapped and held to ransom in Nigeria was shot dead moments after singing Amazing Grace to a group of missionary medics, it has emerged.

The final moments of the life of Ian Squire were described by his fellow Christian missionaries David and Shirley Donovan, who were held alongside Squire and Alanna Carson after being abducted in the southern Delta state.

Donovan told the Daily Telegraph how the group’s spirits were lifted when the kidnappers returned a guitar and Squire started to play Amazing Grace.

“It was the perfect song, and at that point things began to look not quite as bad,” he said. “But then, after Ian finished playing, he stood up, and a salvo of gunshots killed him instantly. We didn’t see who did it, but it was obvious that someone in the gang had shot him. It was terrifying to see.

“We jumped out of the shack and into the water as we thought they were coming for us next, but a member of the gang came and put us back in there with Ian for the rest of the day.”

Donovan, 57, and his 58-year-old wife started the medical charity New Foundations in 2003. They said it was their Christian faith that kept them going after early setbacks including severe illness and thefts.

During their kidnapping, the group kept their spirits up by playing a version of the BBC Radio 4 quiz The Unbelievable Truth, where contestants have to tell fact from fiction, with Shirley Donovan saying the game was “prosaic but comforting”.

The captives were freed after the kidnappers told them a ransom had been paid. Donovan said the smell of the leather and air conditioning in the two SUVs that came to pick them up “was like stepping from one world into another”.
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To be fair, there have been a few times in this life when that dirge of a tune was being sung I have wished to own AK.
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charity begins at home, he should have stayed in Chicago
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sad part is he's wasted the one life he gets dreaming of another he never will, but that's death cults for you
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Anthony's Weiner wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2017 12:03 am charity begins at home, he should have stayed in Chicago
What the hell does Chicago have to do with anything?
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xxxxxxx wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2017 12:38 am
Anthony's Weiner wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2017 12:03 am charity begins at home, he should have stayed in Chicago
What the hell does Chicago have to do with anything?
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