Source: Global Partners, November 19, 2024
For the past year and a half, severe terrorism against Indian Christians has escalated in Manipur, India. The attacks [by] Hindu and non-tribal people—known as the Meiteis—[on] tribal and Christian people have significantly worsened over time.
[In mid-November], the Meitei terrorists attacked Christian communities in Jiribam, where the most important district headquarters of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of East India is located. There, terrorists burned down and vandalized 25 houses and five church buildings.
By the grace of God, no members were injured, as the houses had been deserted in time. Now the members are displaced, staying in various places, including relief camps.
In addition to this loss, over the past week, ten young Christian village volunteers were brutally killed for guarding one of the villages with guns, [and]in a quiet village within the Jiribam district, a devoted teacher and loving mother was attacked and burned to death [allegedly by Meiteis]. As she was well-known for her dedication to nurturing children in the village, her loss has left her village heartbroken.
Read the full story and pray for peace in this region.
From neighboring Myanmar, see Decades of Abuse Leave Rohingya and Myanmar Searching for Hope, which reports that a church bombing recently killed nine people near the border with China, seven of them children (Mission Network News).