Béatrice Stöckli

Béatrice Stöckli (died 2020) was a Swiss Christian missionary. She was killed in 2020 after having been taken hostage by the Islamic militant group Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin, a branch of Al-Qaeda in Mali.

Biography

Stöckli was from Basel.[1] She worked as an Evangelical Christian missionary in Mali.[2] Stöckli was kidnapped in April 2012, after being in Mali for ten years, by an Islamic extremist group.[3] She was later released under the terms that she not return to Mali.[3][4] She returned, and was kidnapped again in 2016 by Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin, the official branch of Al-Qaeda in Mali, while working in Timbuktu.[5][6] In July 2017 she appeared in a video released by the terrorist group, wearing a black headscarf, and was identified as "Beatrice S."[7]

On 9 October 2020 French authorities notified the Swiss Federal Government that a Swiss hostage in Mali was killed by Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin.[8][9] Her death was confirmed by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.[8][10] Ignazio Cassis, the Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, released a statement saying "It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of our fellow citizen. I condemn this cruel act and express my deepest sympathy to the relatives."[11][12][13]

References
  1. https://www.thelocal.ch/20201010/swiss-woman-murdered-in-mali-named-as-beatrice
  2. "Switzerland says Swiss hostage in Mali has been killed". AP NEWS. October 9, 2020.
  3. "Uccisa in Mali dai terroristi la svizzera Beatrice Stöckli impegnata in una missione caritatevole". catt.ch.
  4. "Mali: Basler Missionarin Beatrice Stöckli wurde erschossen". Blick. October 11, 2020.
  5. "Swiss missionary killed in Mali by jihadists". October 10, 2020.
  6. "Béatrice Stöckli, l'otage suisse décédée au Mali est une missionnaire enlevée quatre ans plus tôt". RTBF Info. October 10, 2020.
  7. "Swiss hostage killed by terrorists in Mali, says Switzerland | DW | 09.10.2020". DW.COM.
  8. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-hostage-killed-in-mali/46089016#:~:text=A%20Swiss%20woman%20kidnapped%20four,to%20the%20Swiss%20foreign%20ministry.&text=The%20press%20release%20does%20not,Basel%20who%20worked%20in%20Timbuktu.
  9. Presse, AFP-Agence France. "Swiss Hostage Killed In Mali Was Missionary: Govt". www.barrons.com.
  10. "Switzerland says Swiss hostage in Mali has been killed". Associated Press – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  11. https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/das_eda/aktuell/newsuebersicht/2020/10/schweizer-geisel-mali.html
  12. "Switzerland says its national held hostage in Mali killed". www.aljazeera.com.
  13. "Mali hostages: Swiss woman killed last month". October 9, 2020 – via www.bbc.com.


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