Two may face death for missionary deaths

Two men who stormed a church, doused parishioners with petrol and set them ablaze could be sentenced to death for the murders of an Irish nun and priest who died in the attack.

Two may face death for missionary deaths

Two men who stormed a church, doused parishioners with petrol and set them ablaze could be sentenced to death for the murders of an Irish nun and priest who died in the attack.

Kim John and Francis Phillip, who said God ordered them to carry out the attack on New Year’s Eve 2000 to avenge corruption in the Roman Catholic Church, were due to be sentenced tonight.

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