Defence Minister Dovilė Šakalienė says that Vilnius Cathedral will hold a service on Sunday to pray for the US soldiers who went missing at the Pabradė training ground.
“We are organising a joint prayer at noon on Sunday. This is very important for us, because we are a very Catholic country,” Šakalienė told Fox News in an interview broadcast on Friday.
“So we will have a special mass for the missing soldiers in our main church, Vilnius Cathedral, hoping for the best,” she added.
An M88 Hercules tracked rescue vehicle with four American soldiers disappeared on Tuesday during a training exercise at the Pabradė training ground in eastern Lithuania.
On Wednesday, the M88 tank was found in a marshy area submerged about five metres under water. It is not yet clear whether the missing soldiers are inside.
Rescuers are currently trying to pull the vehicle out.
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