Islamist mob throws urine, ditchwater at Christian group

BEKASI, Indonesia — No arrests have been made since 600 Islamists hurled bags filled with urine and ditchwater at about 100 members of a church in mid-May and threatened to kill its pastor. Police looked on as the mob attacked the Philadelphia Batak Christian Protestant Church worshiping on the street in Bekasi, near Jakarta in West Java Province on May 17, church attorney Saor Siagian told Compass Direct News by phone. 

The mob began to throw urine, ditchwater, rotten eggs, stones and dirt when Pastor Palti Panjaitan came to address the congregation. The church had to disperse, Siagian said. 

Pastor Panjaitan told local media he received a death threat and has filed a police complaint.