Terrorist rocket attack against Umm al-Maounat Church in Aleppo city Aleppo, SANA Terrorists targeted with a rocket shell Umm al-Maounat church in al-Tellal neighborhood in Aleppo city Friday night. The shell fell on the roof of the church, causing huge material damage to the churchs dome but no casualties were reported. The Armenian Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo, Boutros Marayati told SANA that these terrorist practices will not affect our stances or shake our confidence in our country, adding that everyone will continue to pray for restoring peace to Syria. He called upon terrorists to refrain from committing sabotage acts and criminal offences which seek destabilize the security in the country. On December 2014, the church, built in 1831, was targeted by a terrorist attack with mortar shells. Over the last two weeks, the Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese and the diocese of Armenian Catholics in Aleppo were also targeted with mortar and rocket shells which caused material damage.
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 14:33:25 +0000