KAMPALA, Uganda — A Christian man was fatally attacked with swords in Uganda for telling Muslims how to put their faith in Jesus Christ, Morning Star News reported.
Attackers struck Yowabu Sebakaki, 52, with swords around his neck and head Aug. 19 as he returned home to Nyanza village in Uganda’s Budaka District. Sebakaki was returning home from teaching a discipleship class for new believers.
Morning Star News reports that David Nkomba, who was transporting Sebakaki, escaped. Nkomba identified one of the assailants as “a well-known radical Muslim youth from Mbale.”
Sebakaki died enroute to a hospital in Mbale.
Known for outreach
The news service says Sebakaki, who is trained in apologetics, was known for his involvement in evangelistic outreach events in different places.
His wife revealed to Morning Star that Muslims issued death threats to Sebakaki in June and July if he did not stop trying to convert Muslims.
In January, Muslim extremists beat Sebakaki in Kamonkoli, where he had debated Islamic scholars. Christians in attendance rescued Sebakaki, a pastor told Morning Star.
Approximately 12% of Uganda’s population is Muslim. Uganda’s constitution and laws allow for freedom of religion, including converting from one faith to another. However, Christian churches increasingly have received threats of violence, and some Christian converts have been attacked, killed or excommunicated by Muslim family members, the World Atlas reports.
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