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Was he incredibly reckless? Or incredibly brave? Beatrice Stöckli from Basel went as a missionary to one of the most dangerous places in the world, was kidnapped and probably killed. Reconstruction of a life beyond any norm.
Swiss missionary Beatrice Stöckli. They called her “pioneer”. But also “stubborn.”
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your The body has not yet been found. There is only the testimony of a 75-year-old French woman who was released by an Islamist terrorist group in Mali last week.
The woman’s name is Sophie Pétronin. Back to france, On October 9, he sits on a sofa with President Emmanuel Macron and tells him how he survived his three-and-a-half-year hostage. Suddenly he explodes in her: “It is too late for the Swiss.”
The Swiss woman is Beatrice Stöckli from Basel. The two women shared their destiny for more than three years. Both were kidnapped by Islamists in Mali, Stöckli in January 2016, Pétronin in February 2017. They were dragged from one side of the Sahara to the other with other hostages for years. Until the drama erupts in early September, just a month before Pétronin’s release.
