LAHORE, Pakistan — Masked gunmen ambushed and robbed a couple, tied the husband to a tree and raped his wife upon learning that they are Catholic.
Adnan Masih, 34, told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News that gunmen accosted and robbed him and his wife March 25 as they traveled in Chak 62-GB Channan village in Pakistan’s Punjab province.
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Upon discovering that the Masih couple are Catholic, one gunman made a phone call, and another assailant arrived soon after. One forced Masih’s wife — mother of three children — into a sugarcane field close by, while the other two assailants tied Masih to a tree. “They then followed their accomplice into the field and took turns raping my wife,” Masih said.
After the gunmen left, Masih’s wife — barely able to walk from the attack — came from the field and untied Masih. “Both of us then just sat there together and cried our hearts out, our minds numbed by the trauma and unable to think anything,” Masih told the news outlet.
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The next day, Masih informed police, who acted only after the incident was reported on national media, he said. “Within a day, the police traced and arrested all three accused.”
Pakistan is No. 8 on Open Doors’ 2025 World Watch List of the 50 places most difficult to be a Christian.
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