NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A 26-year-old mother became the fifth Christian in two months to be killed in India last week when she refused to hand over her daughter to be raped by Hindus who had assaulted the girl and other Christian minors, sources said. Two masked Hindus on July 20 slit the […]
Young Mother Is Fifth Christian Killed in India in Two Months
Hindu rapists target her daughter and other Christian girls in village, sources say.
July 27, 2020 By -
Christians in India Return to Village where Followers of Tribal Religion Attacked Them
Assailants are out on bail.
July 20, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A Christian couple and their children were asleep in their beds in central India at 11 p.m. recently when villagers who follow the local tribal religion broke into their home and began beating them with wooden batons. The family of Bhima and Devi Markham fled from their home in […]
Fourth Christian in Less than Two Months Killed in India
Maoists recruited to shoot pastor to death, sources say.
July 13, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Maoists in Maharashtra state killed a church pastor on Friday (July 10), the fourth death of a Christian for their faith in India since late May, sources said. In Bhatpar village, Gadchiroli District in the western peninsular state, pastor Munshi Devu Tado was leading a worship service on his […]
Christian Mother of Four in India Was Persecuted before Her Death
If homicide, it would be the third killing of a Christian in the country within a few weeks.
July 7, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Tribal Hindus persecuted a widowed, Christian mother of four before her body was found severely mutilated in the wilderness near her village in Chhattisgarh, India, sources said. The body of 40-year-old Bajjo Bai Mandavi was initially unrecognizable as it appeared to have been eaten by wild animals when it […]
Christian Father of Two Killed in Jharkhand State, India
Tribal Adivasis opposed his conversion, raped his mother-in-law.
July 3, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – When Kande Munda heard a knock on his door one night last month, the Christian father of two knew it was likely the same thugs and their colleagues in his area of Jharkhand, India who had harassed him for nearly four years. They were particularly upset that Munda had […]
Police Release Suspect in Attempted Killing of Pastor in India
Official from Hindu nationalist party pressures officers, sources say.
June 28, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Under pressure from an official in the ruling Hindu nationalist political party, police in Uttar Pradesh state, India have released without charges a suspect in the attempted killing of a pastor last month, sources said. “When we entered the police station for the identification process, the attacker was treated […]
Hard-line Hindu Relatives Threaten to Kill Christian’s Children in Uttar Pradesh, India
Pastor beaten unconscious in separate attack.
June 19, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – His father away from home due in part to coronavirus travel restrictions, a 12-year-old boy in Uttar Pradesh, India heard relatives angry at his family for refusing to renounce Christ pounding on the door late last night (June 18). “It was past 11’o clock in the night when we […]
Christian Boy, 16, Stabbed and Stoned to Death for His Faith in Eastern India
Tribal mob incited by Hindu extremists, pastor says.
June 11, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Incited by Hindu extremists, followers of traditional tribal religion in eastern India last week stabbed and stoned a 16-year-old Christian boy to death for his faith, sources said. The mutilated body of Sambaru Madkami was found on Friday (June 5) buried in the jungle of Malkangiri, about six kilometers […]
Police Unresponsive or Hostile toward Christians Beaten in Jharkhand, India
Officers refuse to file complaint in one case, falsely accuse relatives in another.
June 8, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Police in Jharkhand, India refused to register a complaint about an attack that sent Christians to the hospital for treatment, while officers in another area falsely accused the victims’ relatives in an assault that left a woman unconscious, sources said. A mob of about 400 animists of the tribal […]
Mobs in India Threaten 16 Christian Families Every Night for Nearly Three Weeks
Pressure to convert back to tribal Sarna religion terrorizes villagers.
May 26, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Tribal mobs armed with clubs went to the homes of 16 families of a church in Jharkhand state, India every night for nearly three weeks, threatening to kill them if they didn’t return to their animistic Sarna religion, a pastor said. “The persecutors were going with batons and wooden […]