CES BRAVES MUZZ
Muslims kill at least 75, wound 100+ in attack on Christian church in Pakistan
Posted on September 22, 2013
by creepingsharia
Again we ask, when will the world have the courage to defeat this scourge?
Pakistani government and media are already sounding like George ‘Religion of Peace’ Bush claiming this has nothing to do with Islam.
via Suicide Attack at Christian Church in Pakistan Kills Dozens – NYTimes.com.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide attack on a historic Christian church in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 75 people on Sunday in one of the deadliest attacks on the Christian minority in Pakistan for years.
The attack occurred as worshipers left the
All Saints Church in the old quarter of the regional capital, Peshawar,
following a service on Sunday morning.
Up to 600 worshipers had attended the service and were leaving for a distribution of free food on the lawn outside, when two explosions ripped through the crowd.
Up to 600 worshipers had attended the service and were leaving for a distribution of free food on the lawn outside, when two explosions ripped through the crowd.
Dozens of people were killed and more than 100 wounded, said Akhtar Ali Shah, the home secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The death toll continued to rise as rescue
workers sifted through the damaged church property, said Hamid Ullah, a
rescue worker with Al Khidmat Foundation, a rescue service operated by
the Jamaat-e-Islami political party. He said his team had recovered 75
bodies.
The dead included women, children and two
Muslim police officers who had been posted outside the church.
Witness reported scenes of mayhem as rescue workers ferried victims from the church, which witnesses said was scattered with body parts, shrapnel and bloodied clothing.
Witness reported scenes of mayhem as rescue workers ferried victims from the church, which witnesses said was scattered with body parts, shrapnel and bloodied clothing.
“As soon as the service finished and the
food was being distributed, all of a sudden we heard one explosion,
followed by another,” said Azim Ghori, a witness.
It was the worst attack in years on the
Christian minority in Pakistan, and coincides with a broader wave of
attacks on religious minorities including Shiite Muslims this year.
Christians also frequently find themselves accused of blasphemy under Pakistan’s strict blasphemy laws.
The All Saints Church is one of the oldest
in Peshawar and was built during the British colonial era. It is at
Kohati Gate in the city’s old quarter…
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