GARISSA, Kenya — The Somali pastor of an underground church in Kenya near the Somali border suffered a broken thigh bone and other injuries after Muslim extremists beat him with wooden clubs March 8, sources said.
Pastor Abdul, a 30-year-old father of three who leads an underground church of 30 former Muslims, finished leading a prayer gathering at 9 p.m. on the outskirts of Garissa and was on his way back to his house when several ethnic Somali Muslims attacked, he said from his hospital bed.
He did not know the assailants but said they told him they were aware of his “evil plans” to convert Muslims to Christianity.
The population of Garissa, about 100 miles from the Somali border, is predominantly ethnic Somali. Several attacks on churches and Christians have taken place in Garissa.
Somalia is ranked 3rd on Christian support group Open Doors’ 2019 World Watch List of the 50 countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian; Kenya is ranked 40th. (MS)
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