Earlier this year, a mob interrupted the Sunday worship in a small Christian church, beating the Pastor and twelve other congregants. When the police arrived, the church’s victims were charged. The pastor and his family were harassed by the officials and held without bail for three days. Read more: International Christian Concern
Fighting has led to hundreds of deaths in Kaduna State. Governor El-Rufai reported on an attack on a Fulani village. This led to retaliatory attacks on several other communities, where Christians were killed and 100 houses burned. The only attack that the government has mentioned is the attack on the Fulani community. Read more: International
Boko Haram insurgents launched an attack on Ngurhlavu village of Lassa in Askira-Uba local council area of southern Borno State, burning down six homes, destroying a church, killing one person, and abducting two sisters. Read more: International Christian Concern
Boko Haram Suicide bombers tried to enter a Catholic Church service on Sunday, in Madagali, Adamawa State. The two female bombers tried to enter the church through a clinic before being stopped, and then detonating the bombs a short distance outside the church. Only one person other than the bombers was reportedly injured. Read more:
Several recent attacks on Christians are exposing a frightening trend of increased animosity towards believers. Police and government authorities have ignored the incidences and denied multiple allegations against their own mistreatment of the cases. Read more: International Christian Concern
Fulani militants attacked two villages in Benue State, killing 23 people. Three days after the village attacks, the militants again launched another attack in the same area. This time, three people were killed. Violence has increased in the area since the re-election of President Buhari. Read more: International Christian Concern
On March 6, a house church in China’s Henan province was sealed off by local authorities for violating the country’s religious regulations. In the last year, Henan province became the hardest hit area in Beijing’s latest crackdown against Christianity, as more than 4,500 churches have their crosses forcibly removed, many brutally shut down. Read more:
The Somali pastor of an underground church of 30 former Muslims in Kenya near the Somali border suffered a broken thigh bone and other injuries after Muslim extremists beat him with wooden clubs on Friday night. Read more: Morning Star News
As India announces the world’s largest democratic election, there are reports of a sharp rise in attacks against Christians – and warnings that the elections could make that worse. Read more: Release International Voice of Persecuted Christians
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a union of West African states that give freed trade and open borders and security to its members, has ordered the Nigerian Government to investigate the 2016 killings in Agatu. During this series of attacks, it is estimated that 500 people were killed. Read more: International Christian
