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Christian converts brutally murdered in India

June 20, 2014

A Tibetan husband and wife who had converted to Christianity were brutally murdered in the northeastern Indian state of West Bengal, according to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India.

The husband and wife were “hacked to death and their 12-year-old daughter’s eye gouged out by masked assailants,” according to the bishops’ conference. The couple’s four-year-old daughter was able to escape.

 


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  • Posted by: Defender - Jun. 20, 2014 12:16 PM ET USA

    While the Muslim extremists often make the news for what they do, India has many regions where lawlessness also reigns and police look the other way if the people assaulted or killed are Christian or Muslim.