ISIS Kills Two Pakistani Christians in Drive-By Shooting

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Two Christians were killed and three others injured in a shooting in Pakistan that was claimed by ISIS.

This came shortly after four members of a Christian family were shot outside one of their relative’s home just a few weeks ago:

In this most recent attack, local police say four men rode motorcycles by the victims and began open-firing.

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The attack took place in an area of Pakistan known as a Christian community — in the neighborhood of Esa Nagri in Quetta.

Persecution.org has the story:

International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that at least two Christians were killed and three others were wounded when gunmen opened fire on a group of Christians gathered in the Essa Nagri area of Quetta, Pakistan. ISIS’s local branch claimed responsibility for Sunday’s deadly attack, marking its third attack on Christians in Quetta in recent months.

“Four men on two motorbikes opened indiscriminate fire” on a group of Christians, “killing two people while injuring three others,” local police official Abdul Razzaq Cheema told AFP. The shooting took place around 5:30 p.m. Victims were rushed to Bolan Medical Complex in Quetta where two of the victims, Azhar Iqbal and Rahid Khalid, succumbed to their wounds.

The attack took place in the Christian-majority neighborhood of Esa Nagri in Quetta. Following the attack, hundreds of Christians gathered to protest the killings. Protesters burned tires and blocked traffic as they called on the government to provide their community with greater security.

“The Christian community in Quetta has yet again become a target of rising intolerance and violence in society,” Pakistan’s National Commission for Justice and Peace said in a statement. “[We] strongly condemn these acts of terrorism and violence.”

Sunday’s shooting marks the third attack on Christians claimed by ISIS in Quetta. In December 2017, ISIS suicide bombers attacked Bethel Memorial Methodist Church, killing nine and injuring dozens more. Two weeks ago, on April 2, ISIS claimed responsibility for the targeted killing of a Christian family riding in an auto-rickshaw in Quetta. Following the attack, ISIS said that a “covert unit” of its militants “managed to target a number of the combatant Christians.”

“The Christian community is feeling insecure and threatened,” Pastor Simon of Bethel Memorial Methodist Church in Quetta told ICC. “We are not safe at places of worship, schools, or residential apartments. The majority of Christians are so depressed they are not sending their children to school and even avoid going to gatherings such as social or religious events.”

William Stark, ICC’s Regional Manager, said, “We here at International Christian Concern stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Pakistan in condemning this heinous attack. No one should fear being attacked and killed because of their religious identity. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time Christians in Quetta have had to face this extreme violence. Pakistan’s authorities must do more to secure Christians and their places of worship. Pakistan must also make efforts to root out the extremist elements perpetrating these attacks. Until then, it is likely that attacks on the Christian community of Quetta will continue.”

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iprazhm
iprazhm
5 years ago

This is part of the Christian genocide that the whole world is ignoring. Even the Christian country of the United States.

Suresh
Suresh
5 years ago

And the clown Left/liberal Pope wants christians to take in more of these Islamic wolves http://tinyurl.com/ydy8fkhl

Insane ?

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
5 years ago

This is never really mentioned by our mainstream news sources, funnily enough. I guess liberals do prefer Muslims over Christians after all.

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
5 years ago

This is never really mentioned by our mainstream news sources, funnily enough. I guess liberals do prefer Muslims over Christians after all.

Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
5 years ago

” … Pakistan’s authorities must do more to secure Christians and their places of worship.”
Ten to one odds, it was off duty pakky moslem police.

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
5 years ago

I would have declared WAR on the Moslems by now and BOOTED them out. Eventually someone will and a FOOL on war will take place. It’s inevitable.

For the most High called the Moslem a WILD MAN unable to get along with any human. Unless he owned some donkeys.

So a war will start when the WILD MAN just kills and rapes and beheads one too much. Watch and learn…..

IzlamDownpressesHumanity
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
5 years ago

Why are my tax dollars going to support these f’ing muslum vermin again?

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
5 years ago

Until Christians learn how to shoot back, they may consider their days on earth in pakistan numbered.

Steve
Steve
5 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

The days of genuflect,cross and cheek turns are gone i’m afraid. Its now the days of ready, aim, and fire.

IzlamDownpressesHumanity
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
5 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

That’s a losing proposition considering the ENTIRE “justice” system of Pakistain is run by f’ing muslums. Self defense is a crime for non-muslims in muslum states.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
5 years ago

Then they will be lining up at the pearly gates.

movingwaters
movingwaters
5 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

If Christians shot back, they would be arrested, beaten, and probably killed in jail. A mob would burn down all their homes and their church and beat the fleeing Christians. Police would side with the Muslim mob. Oh wait! This sort of thing happens on occasion anyway and for the tiniest “provocation.” In Pakistan, if your Muslim neighbors decides he wants your daughter or the contents of your business, and you disagree, all he has to do is say you blasphemed the prophet. Carnage will ensue. This sort of script is played out on a regular basis. It is demonic.

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