FW: At Least 45 Christians Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria
Nov 29th, 2011 | By Liz | |
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This is the horror that befell the community 35 =
minutes drive from my home. It seems hell is bent on harvesting souls =
and the government of the world tactically support the effort. This =
horrendous carnage took place while I was hosting some 100church and =
mission leaders in my office from 20-24 of Nov. God just shielded us, =
again. Will you pray for the families of these victims, if at all any =
member of family remains. in some cases the entire family is wiped =
out.
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Date: November =
28, 2011 9:13:49 PM EST
To: USASSIST@sheperd.com
Subject: At Least =
45 Christians Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria =
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Monday, November 28, 2011 =
At Least 45 =
Christians Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria
Ethnic Fulanis crying =
‘Allahu akbar!’ attack church, communities
By Dan Wooding
Founder =
of ASSIST Ministries
BARKIN LADI, =
NIGERIA (ANS) – Compass Direct News =
(CDN) is reporting that Fulani Muslim herdsmen along with Muslim =
soldiers have killed at least 45 ethnic Berom Christians in Plateau =
state in the past week, Christians in this northern-central Nigerian =
town said.
Sh=
ocking scene of Christians burned alive in Nigeria’s central Plateau in =
a recent incident
(P=
hoto: AllVoices)
Smaller attacks beginning on =
Nov. 20, reportedly over allegations by Fulani Muslims of cattle theft, =
preceded an attack on a Barkin Ladi church on Wednesday (Nov. 23) that =
killed four Christians, and an assault the next day left 35 Christians =
dead in Barkin Ladi and nearby Kwok village, according to area Christian =
leaders.
CDN went on to say that =
attendance at church services was decimated yesterday as thousands of =
Christians have left the area. In the attack on Thursday (Nov. 24), the =
Fulani Muslims were shouting "Allahu Akbar [God is greater]," =
said farmer Choji Pamjamo, 51. David Gyang, 51, an elder for the Church =
of Christ in Nigeria Barkin Ladi church, said Muslims set off a =
religious crisis by attacking Christians at the church site on Wednesday =
night (Nov. 23) and then launching the major offensive the next =
morning..
"Some of the Christian =
victims in this attack that I know include a Christian police officer, =
one Mr. Bulus, who is the station officer of the Barkin Ladi police =
station," Gyang said. "He was inside his house on that day, =
and these Muslims broke the walls of his room and went inside to kill =
him and his son." Sources told Compass that along with 26 =
Christians killed in Kwok village, nine were killed in the attack on =
Barkin Ladi.
Compass found that the area =
attacks on Christians began Nov. 20 with the killing of three Christians =
outside Barkin Ladi, and then two Christians in the town were killed on =
Nov. 21. The next day, a Christian was beheaded behind a popular hotel =
in the town known as the White House, sources =
said.
For more information, please =
go to: www.compassdirect.org
Dan =
Wooding, 70, is an award winning British journalist now living in =
Southern California with his wife Norma, to whom he has been married for =
48 years. They have two sons, Andrew and Peter, and six grandchildren =
who all live in the UK. He is the founder and international director of =
ASSIST (Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times) and the ASSIST News =
Service (ANS) and was, for ten years, a commentator, on the UPI Radio =
Network in Washington, DC. He now hosts the weekly "Front Page =
Radio" show on KWVE in Southern California which is also carried =
throughout the United States. The program is also aired in Great Britain =
on Calvary Chapel Radio UK and also in Belize and South Africa. Besides =
this, Wooding is a host for His Channel Live, which is carried via the =
Internet to some 200 countries and also provides a regular commentary =
for Worship Life Radio on KWVE. You can follow Dan Wooding on Facebook =
under his name there or at ASSIST News Service. He is the author of some =
44 books. Two of the latest include his aut obiography, "From =
Tabloid to Truth", which is published by Theatron Books. To order a =
copy, press this link. Wooding, who was born in =
Nigeria of British missionary parents, has also recently released his =
first novel "Red Dagger" which is available this link.
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