Bandits shoot nun, grab cash

A Catholic nun has sustained injuries after being shot by suspected bandits who took off with an unknown amount of money belonging to a religious organisation in Arusha.

The nun, an Indian national who was identified as Sister Shobana Synd, is admitted at the AICC hospital here. She is a member of the Notre Dame organisation that runs a primary school in Arusha.

Arush Police regional commander Lebaratus Sabas confirmed to The Citizen that Sister Synd was shot outside the gate of her residence as she was coming from a bank in the city.

The money she had withdrawn was meant for the operation of a primary school where Sister Synd is the head teacher.
“She was shot twice outside the gate as she was returning home...the assailants made away with the money that she had withdrawn from the bank,” a colleague of the nun, who did not want to be identified on the grounds that she is not the spokesperson of Notre Dame, told The Citizen which visited Sister Synd at the hospital where she is recovering.

“It is a miracle that I am alive. I am praying for the perpetrators. May God change their ways of life and make them good citizens,” she told the paper. Commander Sabas confirmed the incident in a telephone interview but could not offer more details because, he said, he was driving.

Arusha residents are becoming increasingly concerned with incidents of people being robbed of their money when they withdraw large sums from the same bank.
Late last year two employees of the Here’s Life Africa Mission, an Anglican religious organisation were robbed of Sh10 million by armed men after they withdrew money from the same financial institution.

According to reports, the branch’s management has started investigations to find out if any of its workers are involved in the robbery syndicate.source the citizen

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