An American pastor kidnapped by armed men who lasted his sermon in a South African church last week was rescued by a duration of a deadly “high risk” shooting, which left three dead suspects.
Josh Sullivan, 45, was rescued by the “Hawks”, the Directorate for Priority Crime investigation, the duration of a fatal shooting in the port city of Gqeberha in Southvery on Tuesday, South Africa Police Service said.
Three unidentified suspects were killed in the “high -risk shooting.”
Sullivan was found “miraculously” unharmed in a safe house, authorities said.
Tennessee’s native was preaching to his congregation of about 30 people at the Motherwell Baptist Church in Motherwell when four armed men broke up and kidnapped him on April 10.
The self -proclaimed “Missionary of Plantation of Iglesias” transferred his family from the United States to South Africa in November 2018 to establish a church for the people of speaking Xhosa, according to his personal website.
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