NEW DELHI — For nearly two weeks, Hindu extremists have been attacking Christians in the Banswara district of India’s Rajasthan state, resulting in the cancellation of the last day of a revival festival. The violence accelerated Oct. 25 when the Tribal Christian Welfare Society’s revival meetings began in Sagwa.
At least 50 incidences of beatings have occurred since then. On Oct. 26, government officials ordered the society to cancel the remainder of the three-day festival because of escalating violence.
Normally 15,000 people attend the festival, but only 5,000 made it past marauding extremist gangs before the event was cancelled after a prayer for victims of the attacks.
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