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06-24-2005, 11:48 AM
Các bạn thân,
Nhìn quanh chúng ta , hằng ngày bao nhiêu tai ương, hoạn nạn
đang xảy ra. Tưởng rằng THƯỢNG ĐẾ đã bỏ rơi hoặc hoàn toàn
quên chúng ta. Thực ra, NGÀI luôn hiện diện và can thiệp vào
những bất công trong xã hội loài người . Đây là một bằng chứng
cụ thể . Mời mọi người đọc cho biết .
Good weekend everyone.
/CàBùm
Lions Rescue, Guard Beaten Ethiopian Girl
By ANTHONY MITCHELL, Associated Press WriterTue Jun
21, 8:37 PM ET
A 12-year-old girl who was abducted and beaten by men
trying to force her into a marriage was found being
guarded by three lions who apparently had chased off
her captors, a policeman said Tuesday.
The girl, missing for a week, had been taken by seven
men who wanted to force her to marry one of them, said
Sgt. Wondimu Wedajo, speaking by telephone from the
provincial capital of Bita Genet, about 350 miles
southwest of Addis Ababa.
She was beaten repeatedly before she was found June 9
by police and relatives on the outskirts of Bita
Genet, Wondimu said. She had been guarded by the lions
for about half a day, he said.
"They stood guard until we found her and then they
just left her like a gift and went back into the
forest," Wondimu said.
"If the lions had not come to her rescue, then it
could have been much worse. Often these young girls
are raped and severely beaten to force them to accept
the marriage," he said.
Tilahun Kassa, a local government official who
corroborated Wondimu's version of the events, said one
of the men had wanted to marry the girl against her
wishes.
"Everyone thinks this is some kind of miracle, because
normally the lions would attack people," Wondimu said.
Stuart Williams, a wildlife expert with the rural
development ministry, said the girl may have survived
because she was crying from the trauma of her attack.
"A young girl whimpering could be mistaken for the
mewing sound from a lion cub, which in turn could
explain why they didn't eat her," Williams said.
Ethiopia's lions, famous for their large black manes,
are the country's national symbol and adorn statues
and the local currency. Despite a recent crackdown,
Hunters also kill the animals for their skins, which
can fetch $1,000. Williams estimates that only 1,000
Ethiopian lions remain in the wild.
The girl, the youngest of four siblings, was "shocked
and terrified" after her abduction and had to be
treated for the cuts from her beatings, Wondimu said.
He said police had caught four of the abductors and
three were still at large.
Kidnapping young girls has long been part of the
marriage custom in Ethiopia. The United Nations
estimates that more than 70 percent of marriages in
Ethiopia are by abduction, practiced in rural areas
where most of the country's 71 million people live.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ethiopia_guarded_by_lions&printer=1;_ylt=AsdwpyGXVS1XJ3xhmBT2MogV6w8F;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
Nhìn quanh chúng ta , hằng ngày bao nhiêu tai ương, hoạn nạn
đang xảy ra. Tưởng rằng THƯỢNG ĐẾ đã bỏ rơi hoặc hoàn toàn
quên chúng ta. Thực ra, NGÀI luôn hiện diện và can thiệp vào
những bất công trong xã hội loài người . Đây là một bằng chứng
cụ thể . Mời mọi người đọc cho biết .
Good weekend everyone.
/CàBùm
Lions Rescue, Guard Beaten Ethiopian Girl
By ANTHONY MITCHELL, Associated Press WriterTue Jun
21, 8:37 PM ET
A 12-year-old girl who was abducted and beaten by men
trying to force her into a marriage was found being
guarded by three lions who apparently had chased off
her captors, a policeman said Tuesday.
The girl, missing for a week, had been taken by seven
men who wanted to force her to marry one of them, said
Sgt. Wondimu Wedajo, speaking by telephone from the
provincial capital of Bita Genet, about 350 miles
southwest of Addis Ababa.
She was beaten repeatedly before she was found June 9
by police and relatives on the outskirts of Bita
Genet, Wondimu said. She had been guarded by the lions
for about half a day, he said.
"They stood guard until we found her and then they
just left her like a gift and went back into the
forest," Wondimu said.
"If the lions had not come to her rescue, then it
could have been much worse. Often these young girls
are raped and severely beaten to force them to accept
the marriage," he said.
Tilahun Kassa, a local government official who
corroborated Wondimu's version of the events, said one
of the men had wanted to marry the girl against her
wishes.
"Everyone thinks this is some kind of miracle, because
normally the lions would attack people," Wondimu said.
Stuart Williams, a wildlife expert with the rural
development ministry, said the girl may have survived
because she was crying from the trauma of her attack.
"A young girl whimpering could be mistaken for the
mewing sound from a lion cub, which in turn could
explain why they didn't eat her," Williams said.
Ethiopia's lions, famous for their large black manes,
are the country's national symbol and adorn statues
and the local currency. Despite a recent crackdown,
Hunters also kill the animals for their skins, which
can fetch $1,000. Williams estimates that only 1,000
Ethiopian lions remain in the wild.
The girl, the youngest of four siblings, was "shocked
and terrified" after her abduction and had to be
treated for the cuts from her beatings, Wondimu said.
He said police had caught four of the abductors and
three were still at large.
Kidnapping young girls has long been part of the
marriage custom in Ethiopia. The United Nations
estimates that more than 70 percent of marriages in
Ethiopia are by abduction, practiced in rural areas
where most of the country's 71 million people live.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ethiopia_guarded_by_lions&printer=1;_ylt=AsdwpyGXVS1XJ3xhmBT2MogV6w8F;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-