OMDURMAN, Sudan — Members of a paramilitary group killed one Christian in Sudan and beat another one until he was unconscious.
Sources told Morning Star News that militants of Rapid Support Forces shot Hidar Al Amin at his home Jan. 20 in Omdurman. The property of Al Amin, a member of the Sudanese Presbyterian Evangelical Church, was looted and the assailants left him bleeding to death, one of his relatives said.
Then on Jan. 22, the home and shop of Al Thahir Kafi were looted and he was beaten unconscious. Muslim extremists within the RSF attacked Kafi, whose Christian faith is well known in his area.
The fighting between the Sudan Armed Forces and the RSF began following a coup in 2021. The conflict, states Morning Star, has claimed the lives of 12,000 people and displaced approximately 7.6 million others.
The RSF took control of Sudan’s Al Jazirah state in December 2023.
Sudan is No. 8 on Open Doors’ 2024 World Watch List of places most difficult to be a Christian. Christians comprise about 4.5 percent of Sudan’s population.
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