At the age of 81, this Comboni missionary has seen every part however little as harrowing as his final days within the Sudanese capital. “That was hell by night time and by day. Everything was explosions. The streets have been stuffed with lifeless folks on the bottom,” he advised NIUS.
José Javier didn’t wish to depart Khartoum, however he couldn’t keep in a bombed constructing: “We have been utterly alone, we had no water or electrical energy.”
After a dangerous street journey, he and different missionaries reached the bottom north of the Sudanese capital the place the Spanish navy planes landed. “They handled me very effectively” he thanked the workforce that accompanied him through the journey. However, after this intense expertise, he now solely thinks of returning as quickly as doable.
Soldiers acquired by the Minister of Defense
53 of these Spanish troopers who participated within the civilian evacuation contingent have been acquired this afternoon in Torrejón by the Minister of Defence, Jemad, Jeme and Jema, who thanked them for his or her profitable evacuation operation of their compatriots from Sudan.
“Once once more the Spanish Armed Forces have risen to the event,” mentioned Defense Minister Margarita Robles. In truth, they’ve turn into an instance for different nations such because the United Kingdom because of the extraordinarily difficult however fruitful mission in Sudan.
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