Source: INContext Ministries, November 29, 2014
Our hearts are broken. We have lost a dear friend, a faithful worker, and a precious soul-mate. Werner Groenewald and his two beautiful children, Jean-Pierre and Rhodé, were killed in a Taliban attack in Kabul on Saturday, November 29. Hannelie, his wife, was not at home during the time and survived the attacked but lost everything.
Three gunmen and suicide bombers stormed the compound where Werner and his family lived in Kabul on Saturday, exchanging fire with security forces before leaving Werner and his two children dead. Six other hostages were rescued after the afternoon attack while one Afghan worker also died in the attack.
A Taliban spokesman said in a statement that it was targeting “a secret Christian missionary and foreign invaders’ intelligence center.”
How do we express our deepest empathy and condolences with the family members who now have to face the reality of losing a son, a brother, a husband, and two children in one horrific incident of terror? What words or theology can relieve the pain?
Like Jesus at the grave of Lazarus, we can only weep.
» See also Taliban Murder Four Humanitarian Aid Workers in Kabul (World Watch Monitor) and SA Doctor Still in Afghanistan after Family Killed (News24).