THENEWS.PL REPORT: The Tunisian ambassador to Poland Aidoudi Ali has assured that the search for the murderers of Father Marek Rybinski in Tunis last week continues and his killers will be face the full force of the justice system.
"The Polish priest was much loved in Tunisia,” Ambassador Aidoudi Ali told Polish Radio.
The late Father RybinskiEarlier Monday, the EU’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton condemned the killing of the 34 year-old Salesian missionary, who was found with his throat cut in a storage room at the mission near Tunis.
“Tunisia has traditionally been a land of religious tolerance and I underline the importance that this be preserved in order to build a fully democratic rule based on the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms,” she said in a statement, Monday.
Hamadi Jebali, from the Islamist al-Nahda movement is quoted in the Tunisian Realites magazine condemning the murder and questioned whether it had a religious motive.
A letter was sent to the Salesian mission in January demanding money. The letter, addressed to “Jews” was signed with a Swastika.
Many in Tunisia believe that the motive for the crime was financial, in the wake of a breakdown in law and order following the overthrow of President Ben Ali.
A small crowd gathered outside the Tunisian embassy today to pay respects to Father Rybinski, which had been serving in Tunisia for three years.
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