Source: International Christian Concern, April 2, 2021
DNA tests confirmed that the body of Beatrice Stoeckli has been recovered, months after her reported death at the hands of Islamic extremists.
Switzerland’s Foreign Ministry announced the findings in a statement.
Beatrice Stoeckli primarily worked in Timbuktu, spreading the gospel and working with women and children in Mali since 2000. In 2016, she was taken captive by the terrorist group ama’at Nusrat Al-Islam wa’l-Muslimin (JNIM), a group affiliated [with] al-Qaeda that has been known to attack foreigners in the country.
Beatrice was confirmed dead in October 2020 by Sophie Petronin, a French charity worker that was also abducted in 2016 and later released. According to Petronin, who converted to Islam during her captivity, Beatrice protested the constant changes of location that her captors enforced, and as she continued to fight against them, they dragged her outside and shot her. It is believed that she had not converted at the time of her death.
The full story includes a few more details, also widely reported by syndicated news sources.
We also found a few updates on other stories about persecuted Christians which we shared previously: Slimane Bouhafs of Algeria continues to face persecution after moving to Tunisia and German Pastor Michael Feulner of Germany is hopeful he can remain in Turkey (Morning Star News).