MOGADISHU, Somalia, SEPT. 18, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The last words of an Italian woman religious slain Sunday in Somalia were: "I forgive, I forgive."
Around midday, Consolata missionary Sister Leonella Sgorbati, 65, was crossing the road between SOS Hospital where she worked and the SOS Village where she and four other women religious lived.
Two gunmen emerged from behind nearby taxis and kiosks and shot her.
Sister Leonella was rushed to the SOS Hospital and died shortly after.
"She realized that she was dying, because she kept saying 'I can't breathe,'" according to a statement today from Consolata religious to the Catholic Information Service of Africa (CISA) in Nairobi. "Her last words were: 'I forgive, I forgive.'"
Sister Leonella's body had seven bullet wounds, said the women religious, who are nurses at SOS Hospital. Two suspects were arrested and investigations have been launched by the Union of Islamic Courts, reported CISA.
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