Professor T. J. Joseph, his mother and sister (a Catholic Nun) were returning home from Sunday Mass when their car was stopped by a van carrying several men who carried out a savage and bloody attack on the 53 year old educator. Asia News reports. Joseph's sister, Mary Stella, says that "the assailants destroyed the window of our car and pulled out my brother to execute him. My poor mother, who was in the car with us, witnessed the crime." The police in Kochi, India said that Professor Joseph was attacked with knives and swords by his assailants who stabbed him several times and then hacked off his "hand and right arm" before "throwing them away after about 200 meters." The reason for the brutal attack on the professor is believed to be in retribution for an incident last March while Joseph was teaching at Newman College in Thodupuzhe. Professor Joseph had angered members of the Muslim community by preparing an exam which "included questions...(Read Full Post)