Cardinal Louis Sako, leader of the Catholic Chaldean Church in Iraq and worldwide, cast doubt on the conclusions of an Iraqi government investigation regarding the Hamdaniyah wedding fire, in which over 100 people were killed.
The Christian community in Qaraqosh, in Iraq’s Nineveh Plains, was devastated last week after a fire broke out at a Syriac Catholic wedding celebration. / Credit: Rody Sher/ ACI MENA
CNA Staff, Oct 2, 2023 / 18:50 pm (CNA).
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The Chaldean patriarch visits the Christian town in northern Iraq scene of a tragic fire, triggered by fireworks. At least 114 people have died and more than 200 have been injured. The toll is “bound to rise because some of the injured are in very serious conditions.” Christians, Muslims, Arabs and Kurds showing solidarity amid the tragedy is a “sign of hope”.