Friday, September 27, 2013

Christians protest in Pakistan streets after mass murder

From The Church Times-

CROSSES were held aloft, tyres were burned, and roads were blocked in cities across Pakistan this week, as Christians demanded better protection from the government, in the wake of the one of the worst attacks ever on the country's Christians.

Eighty-five people were killed in a suicide bombing at All Saints', Peshawar, part of the United Church of Pakistan, on Sunday. Victims included 34 women and seven children. More than 100 have been wounded. On Tuesday, the Archbishop of Canterbury described the dead as "martyrs".


Security sources have reported that two suicide bombers carried out the attack as worshippers left the church after the service for refreshments on the lawn outside.

More here-

http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2013/27-september/news/world/christians-protest-in-pakistan-streets-after-mass-murder

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