[Reader-list] Violence against Christians in India

[S. Jabbar]

THE TOLL

ANTI-CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE

24 August ­ 29 September, 2008

 

 1. ORISSA         

14 Districts hit

300 Villages destroyed

4,300 Houses burnt

50,000 Homeless

57  People murdered

10  Fathers/Pastors/Nuns injured

2  Women gang-raped

18,000 Men, women, children injured

149  Churches destroyed

13  Schools, colleges destroyed

 

2. KARNATAKA       

4  Districts affected

19  Churches attacked

20  Nuns, women injured

                   

3. KERALA          

3 Churches damaged

 

4. MADHYA PRADESH 

 

4  Churches damaged

 

5. DELHI 

1 Church destroyed 

4 Attempts made

 

6. TAMAIL NADU     

1 Church attacked

 

7. UTTAR PRADESH   

2 murdered ­ aged priest and employee