These girls may have been the victim of a crime, but they are insisting on showing kindness to their attacker, rather than anger.
Four Boston College students who have been studying in other countries in France and Denmark were attacked by a 41-year-old woman with a mental illness this weekend when they were visiting Marseilles.
The woman threw a weak hydrochloric solution on the students in the city’s train station and though it was not a very strong solution, the acid got into the eyes of two of the students.
Waiting
The woman reportedly sat down on the curb until police showed up and the students were rushed to the hospital.
None of the girls suffered any injuries, but two of them did take to Facebook after the event and asked their friends and family to pray for their attacker.
One of the students, Courtney Siverling, wrote: “Thank you so much to everyone who has reached out to see if I’m ok and/or has been praying for us. I did not receive any injuries from the attack in Marseille this morning and we are all safe.”
“I pray that the attacker would be healed from her mental illness in the name of Jesus and receive the (state of mind where you no longer are angry at or want to punish someone) and (saving or protecting someone from sin or harm) that can only come from Him.”
Michelle Krug wrote something almost the same, saying: “I ask that if you send thoughts and prayers our way, please think about/believe thinking about/praying for our attacker so that she may receive the help she needs and deserves.”
“Mental illness is not a choice and should not be evil personized.”
The women “have stated their plan/purpose to remain in Europe for their studies and have offered (state of mind where you no longer are angry at or want to punish someone) to the woman who attacked them, an individual who police say suffers from mental illness,” Boston College spokesman Jack Dunn told the Associated Press.