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TANZANIA PASTORS ATTACKED June 26, 2013
Dear Friends:

A new Prayer Bulletin entitled "Tanzania Pastors Attacked" has been added.

On June 2, Muslim radicals broke into the home of Pastor Robert Ngai in the town of Geita, where they attacked him with machetes. Pastor Ngai received multiple injuries to his head, arms and hands in his attempt to fend off the blows. The local hospital was unable to treat him due to the extent and seriousness of the injuries, so he was transferred to a hospital in Mwanza and admitted to ICU. VOMedical is assisting with his treatment. ...

A new Prayer Bulletin entitled "Tanzania Update" has been added.

In July 2012, 18-year-old Eva Abdallah was sentenced to two years in prison after being accused of desecrating the Quran. She was released from prison in January 2013 after being acquitted by the High Court of Tanzania.

Angered by Eva Abdallah's acquittal, Islamic extremists are now seeking the young woman to exact their own version of justice. ...

NEW PRAYER BULLETIN: SOMALIA CHRISTIAN KILLED December 04, 2013
Dear Friends:

A new Prayer Bulletin entitled "Somalia Christian Killed" has been added.

A Christian community leader in Mogadishu was shot to death in October by members of the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab. The respected community leader was both a pharmacist and director of a community clinic.

On Oct. 20, after closing his pharmacy for the day and starting to walk home, "Abdikhani Hassan" was approached by two young men with handguns who proceeded to shoot him in the chest seven times. ...

At least 17 people were killed and 78 wounded in two separate church bombings on March 15. The suicide-bomb attacks occurred within minutes of each other in the Christian neighborhood of Youhanabad, in eastern Lahore. Witnesses said four security guards and police, who died in the attacks, prevented even more injuries and deaths by tackling the bombers before they detonated their explosives. ...