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Posted on 09/22/2013 6:13:39 AM PDT by marshmallow
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A blast at a Protestant church in northwest Pakistan killed at least 72 people and wounded more than 120, a local hospital said Sunday.
The attack took place at the All Saints Church of Pakistan, in the violence-plagued city of Peshawar, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) from the country's capital, Islamabad.
Witnesses told CNN affiliate Geo News that at least one suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded bazaar near the church entrance as crowds of worshipers were leaving a Sunday morning service.
Some of the victims were children, the witnesses said.
The outside of the church was peppered with debris, and crowds of men and rescue officials covered in blood.
Christians make up less than 3% of the population in the South Asian nation of 193 million.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack.
But Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, of which Peshawar is the capital, is rife with Islamic extremists and has been the site of clashes between Pakistani security forces and militants.
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Barbarians.
In areas like this people cant be saved get out!
It`s a Catholic Church..
Mass is not a “Sunday morning service.”
Savages doing the Devil’s work.
Religion of Peace at it again.
“It`s a Catholic Church..
Mass is not a “Sunday morning service.””
It’s CNN reporting. You were expecting journalism?
The first sentence in the article says it’s a Protestant church.
It may well be a protestant church but I find that highly unlikely. Most pakis I’ve ever know from that area who were Christian were Catholics.
http://www.peshawardiocese.org/churchofpk.asp
“Church of Pakistan,” a “united church” formed in 1970 by joining several Protestant denominations, including Anglican, Methodist, and Lutheran.
Prayers for these people.....true martyrs for their faith.
**Suicide bombers entered the church compound from the main gate and blew themselves up in the midst of the people," a statement posted on the diocese website read**
I'm thinking this was probably a Catholic Church.
Either way the Religion of Peace does not discriminate. They kill everybody.
Satanists. RIP.
Protestant, see #10. I looked up the Bishop quoted in the article.
That is true.
I'm curious, why wouldn't that be an accurate description?
(I'm not a Christian, so I'm not overly familiar with services of any variety)
Originally an Anglican church now Ecumenical Church Of Pakistan.
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