Mariupol, Ukraine, Apr 11, 2022 / 10:40 am
Seven people were killed when a tank fired on a Caritas office in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, it emerged on Monday.
The deaths were announced by Caritas-Spes, the charitable mission of the Latin Rite Catholic bishops of Ukraine, on April 11.
We received bad news: our Caritas office in #Mariupol was shot from a tank and people were there at the time. Seven people were killed, including two women staff members of @caritasmariupol. @SpesUkraine expresses its condolences to the parents of the innocent victims. pic.twitter.com/S27Gyxxdm2
— Caritas-Spes Ukraine (@SpesUkraine) April 11, 2022
A post on its Twitter account said: “We received bad news: our Caritas office in Mariupol was shot from a tank and people were there at the time. Seven people were killed, including two women staff members of Caritas Mariupol.”