On Septemer 13, 2017 Father Tom Uzhunnalil was rescued after 18 months of captivity in Yemen. He was taken hostage by <strong><a href="http://jeetwin-gaming.com/topic/Islamic-State" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">ISIS </a> </strong>forces while he was staying at an old age home in Yemen run by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity.<br/><br/>Foreign Minister <strong><a href="http://jeetwin-gaming.com/topic/Sushma-Swaraj" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">Sushma Swaraj</a></strong> shared the information on Twitter saying, "Father Tom Uzhunnalil has reached Vatican."<br/><br/>The same old age home was attacked on March 4, 2016 when at least four armed men barged in and killed a number of people, including nuns, local Yemenis and some Ethiopians. Father Tom was abducted after the attack. <br/><br/>Father Tom belongs to Ramapuram in Kottayam, <strong><a href="http://jeetwin-gaming.com/topic/Kerala" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">Kerala</a></strong>. A priest and part of the Bangalore diocese of the Salesians of Don Bosco, he was serving on a priesthood visa in Yemen since 2010. <br/><br/>He was rescued apparently after the government of Oman intervened. <br/><meta content="cms.next" name="cmsei"/>