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SALT LAKE CITY — A 19-year-old missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is hospitalized in serious but stable condition with stab wounds he suffered during an attack in Colombia on Friday.
In a statement, the Church identified the missionary as Elder Maxwell Fish of San Antonio, Texas. Fish and his companion, who was not identified, were attacked and robbed while in the streets of Popayan in the church’s Colombia Cali Mission.
After the missionary was stabbed, he was carried by his companion, who was physically unharmed, to a nearby church member’s house and was then transported to a hospital.
According to a Facebook post from the victim’s mother, the missionary was unconscious upon getting to the hospital and underwent surgery immediately. He was placed into a medically induced coma and has undergone multiple surgeries.
In her most recent update, Fish’s mother said his latest surgery had gone well. The surgeons were able to repair the veins damaged in the attack, restore blood flow to prevent amputation of the arm and replace the damaged collarbone.
The Church said Fish’s companion is receiving counseling. Other missionaries in the vicinity of the crime have been moved out of the area as a precaution.
Church spokesman Sam Penrod said, “Our prayers are with these missionaries and their families, that they may be strengthened and healed during this difficult time.”
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