At least 56 killed and more than 100 injured in attack on Christian church in Pakistan.
This report is dated September 22, 2013.
Peshawar -- In the most severe attack on Christians in Pakistan in hears, dozens were killed in a suicide attack in Pakistan Sunday. Two attackers blew themselves into up as the visitors to Sunday services in a church in the city of Peshawar left after the Sunday mass. At least 56 people lost their lives according to police reports including many women and children. More than 100 people were injured.
Peshawar - Beim schwersten Anschlag auf Christen in Pakistan seit Jahren haben Selbstmordattentäter am Sonntag Dutzende Menschen getötet. Zwei Angreifer sprengten sich in die Luft, als Gottesdienstbesucher gerade eine Kirche in der Stadt Peshawar nach der Sonntagsmesse verließen. Mindestens 56 Menschen kamen nach Polizeiangaben ums Leben, darunter auch viele Frauen und Kinder. Mehr als 100 Personen wurden verletzt.
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The article further reports that there were about 600 people in the 130-year-old church when two explosions were heard. There have been anti-Christian protests in other cities in Pakistan including one in 2009 when about 1000 Muslims burned a church killing perhaps 7 people.
From the same article:
"Der Ministerpräsident sagt, dass Terroristen keine Religion haben", erklärte das Büro von Regierungschef Nawaz Sharif. "Es ist gegen die Lehren des Islam und aller anderen Religionen, Unschuldige zu töten."
"The Pakistani President said that terrorists have no religion," explained the office of Nawaz Sharif, head of the government. "It is against the teaching of the Muslim religion and all other religions to kill innocents."