{"id":372764,"date":"2025-04-07T17:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T15:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=372764"},"modified":"2025-04-07T17:29:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T15:29:19","slug":"community-prays-after-mass-murder-in-usakos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=372764","title":{"rendered":"Community prays after mass murder in Usakos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 960 \/ 720;\" width=\"960\" controls src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PRAYER-SESSION-Made-with-Clipchamp-Smaller.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PRAYER SESSION: Members of the Usakos community today gathered outside the town\u2019s police station, holding a religious service after the mass murder incident that claimed the lives of six family members. During the service, the female pastor described the elderly woman (Elizabeth !Naruses), who was murdered by her 17-year-old grandson, as a matriarch who ensured that her orphaned grandchildren had shelter during the rain and served as a breadwinner. &#8220;She always sat in front of the house. She was a woman who never kept her feet far from the homes of her community members\u2026 They forgot that it was you who carried them on your back, and today they&#8217;ve forgotten you and pushed you out. It was your grandson that did this \u2014 let the Lord watch over him,&#8221; the pastor said, calling for prayer. Video: Contributed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRAYER SESSION: Members of the Usakos community today gathered outside the town\u2019s police station, holding a religious service after the mass murder incident that claimed the lives of six family members. 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