Croatian nun Lukrecija Mamic was killed in a monastery in Burundi on Sunday evening in an attack by armed robbers, sources from the Catholic Church in Croatia told media on Monday morning.
Lukrecija Mamic was a nun of the Sisters of Charity (Ancelle della Carita) order, based in Italy.
"At about 1930 hours on Sunday, armed robbers came into the monastery and demanded money. The nuns gave what they had and the robbers killed nun Lukrecija Mamic on the spot. The monastery's head, nun Carla, who is from Italy, and an Italian volunteer were taken away by the robbers in a car belonging to the monastery," nun Mara Bozic of the Sisters of Charity branch in Croatia told press.
They later killed the volunteer and severely wounded nun Carla. After her release she was admitted to a hospital which will decide whether her arms will have to be amputated due to severe injuries.
Nun Lukrecija Mamic began her missionary work in Ecuador, South America, in 1984. She arrived in Burundi in 2002 where she assisted undernourished people and those diagnosed with AIDS.
Her body will be transferred first to Italy and then to Croatia.
The Croatian foreign ministry said that the Croatian embassy in South Africa, which also covers Burundi, will ask the Burundian authorities to provide detailed information about the case.
