SHARAQPUR, Pakistan — In an attempted landgrab, Muslim attackers have terrorized a predominantly Christian village in Pakistan’s Punjab province over the first weeks of August and demolished its church.
Three Christian men were hospitalized with serious hatchet wounds from an initial Aug. 7 attack on Mominpura Thaiki village near Sharaqpur, 20 miles from Lahore. The Muslim aggressors, led by Yaqoob Maher, came from a neighboring village.
Another critically injured Christian, Bashir Masih, was abducted and remains missing since a second assault on the village Aug. 12, when he tried to stop armed attackers from stealing his cattle. When Christian villagers tried to file an official complaint against the assailants, Sharaqpur police instead filed an official complaint against 10 of the villagers, accusing the Christians of “opening fire” on Maher.
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