Pakistan: Church firebombed in revenge for Mohammed film |
Sep 27 2012 |
A mob of up to 1,500 people armed with guns and chemical bombs attacked St Paul's Church in Mardan, north-west Pakistan, last Friday.
Release partners, who have visited the Lutheran church since the attack, report that religious books were burned and the altar desecrated. Some of the mob reportedly urinated on Bibles and scrawled 'Allah is great' on the walls.
Other buildings in the church compound were attacked, including a house and a school. The mob also beat up the pastor's teenage son and, according to some, tried to set him on fire. (Release Int.)