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S. Africans mourn slain civilians
(MENAFN- Arab News) JOHANNESBURG: Mourners in South Africa prayed and sang hymns on Friday during separate funeral services for four South African civilians who were killed in conflicts in Yemen and Afghanistan.
In the city of Bloemfontein family and friends paid tribute to Pierre Korkie a teacher who was killed in Yemen on Dec. 6 during a US raid on Al-Qaeda militants who were holding Korkie and American hostage Luke Somers. American officials say militants killed both men.
Uniformed students at a South African school where Korkie had taught escorted his flower-laden casket.
'If I had to take one message from the proceedings it was forgiveness' said Ali Sayed spokesman for Gift of the Givers a South African aid group that had been negotiating for Korkie's release. US Ambassador Patrick Gaspard attended the service after Korkie's widow Yolande invited him the embassy said.
In a separate service at around the same time in the capital Pretoria mourners gathered to honor Werner Groenewald an aid worker and his teenage children Jean-Pierre and Rode. They were killed on Nov. 29 when Taleban militants stormed the office of a foreign aid group in the Afghan capital Kabul where the family also lived.
Groenewald's wife Hannelie a doctor who was not at the office when the attack occurred was composed during the ceremony. 'She is incredibly strong' said Teresa Conradie the family's attorney.
The Groenewalds were buried at the same church where Werner Groenewald worked as a pastor before leaving for Afghanistan in 2002. Groenewald 46 led the local activities of Partnership in Academics and Development which has offices in Redlands California.
In the city of Bloemfontein family and friends paid tribute to Pierre Korkie a teacher who was killed in Yemen on Dec. 6 during a US raid on Al-Qaeda militants who were holding Korkie and American hostage Luke Somers. American officials say militants killed both men.
Uniformed students at a South African school where Korkie had taught escorted his flower-laden casket.
'If I had to take one message from the proceedings it was forgiveness' said Ali Sayed spokesman for Gift of the Givers a South African aid group that had been negotiating for Korkie's release. US Ambassador Patrick Gaspard attended the service after Korkie's widow Yolande invited him the embassy said.
In a separate service at around the same time in the capital Pretoria mourners gathered to honor Werner Groenewald an aid worker and his teenage children Jean-Pierre and Rode. They were killed on Nov. 29 when Taleban militants stormed the office of a foreign aid group in the Afghan capital Kabul where the family also lived.
Groenewald's wife Hannelie a doctor who was not at the office when the attack occurred was composed during the ceremony. 'She is incredibly strong' said Teresa Conradie the family's attorney.
The Groenewalds were buried at the same church where Werner Groenewald worked as a pastor before leaving for Afghanistan in 2002. Groenewald 46 led the local activities of Partnership in Academics and Development which has offices in Redlands California.
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