BERHAMPUR: Curfew was imposed in four towns of Orissa’s Kandhamal district on Tuesday after violence which broke out on Monday escalated. A youth was killed, six churches were vandalised and two houses of a Minister were targeted in largescale communal violence and arson, following an attack on a VHP leader, who led an anti-conversion movement.
The youth, yet to be identified, was killed and 25 were injured in mob violence at Barakhamba, a senior police officer said. Six churches, mostly thatched, were either ransacked or the vacant premises set on fire since Monday night, Revenue Divisional Commissioner Satyabrata Sahu said.
Updates here. Pray for the suffering Christians of Orissa; they have it very difficult in that state.
EDIT: Here's a more lucid summary from BBC News.
1 comments:
Its a shame that Christians are being targetted. Conversion is plain political agenda and is a plan of a bigger plan to terminate peaceloving and silent Christian followers. Mother Teresa is a pioneer in Christian social work and can anybdy claim she ever asked anybody to change their religion? Its a huge shame for a democratic country like india which boasts of it multiethnicity,religious tolerence and secularism.
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