GNAYA, Sudan — An Egyptian and three Sudanese Christians were killed the night of April 27 when their truck came under gunfire after holding an evangelistic meeting in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains region. Egyptian Daniel Girgis, 37, and local Sudanese Christians Markous Tiya, Rihab Kafi Jadeen and an unidentified young boy were killed when unknown assailants opened fire on their vehicle. At least five others, two foreigners and three Sudanese, were injured in the attack that began when the truck driver refused to stop at a makeshift roadblock of large rocks.
"When they finished [showing] the ‘Jesus’ film [in the village of Gnaya] they were going back to the town they were visiting," said Barnaba Timothous, evangelism coordinator at the Bahry Evangelical Church. "On their way there, someone behind the mountain fired at them. It was night, they saw just two men." Though the motive for the attack remains unclear, Timothous said he suspects it was caused by Muslims unhappy that Christians were evangelizing in the area.
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