Source: Barnabas Fund, November 24, 2015
Around 40 Christians had met together to pray in the home of another Christian in the Mahabubnagar District of India’s Telangana state on October 12, according to International Christian Concern. At around 7:30pm, a mob of Hindu radicals, led by the previous village surpanch (council president), broke into the house shouting insults at the Christians.
They beat the Christians harshly, including the women and the children. One of the believers in the group, 25-year-old Swapna, was four months pregnant at the time and begged the attackers to leave her alone because of her pregnant condition. They beat her anyway and she was later discovered to have lost her baby.
The authorities arrested seven people in connection with the attack after the believers registered the incident with local police. However, they were released on bail later the same day.
» See also an interesting (if inflammatory) piece from The Guardian alleging that India Is Being Ruled by a Hindu Taliban. Learn more about ministry in India by watching The Letters, a new documentary about Mother Teresa which is opening in theaters December 4.