Tanzania Church Bombed At First Mass

Revelation 6:3-4 NCV When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" Then another horse came out, a red one. Its rider was given power to take away peace (prosperity, rest) from the earth and to make people kill each other (butcher, slaughter, to maim violently, in streets), and he was given a big sword (assassins sword, terrorist, loud, mighty, sore afraid).

tanzaniachurchbombingA bomber killed three and wounded at least 50 when he set off his device during the first ever service at a Catholic church in the Tanzanian city of Arusha.

The bombing marks the latest in a line of terrorists attacks against Christians in the country by Islamic extremists.

The Vatican’s ambassador to Tanzania and the archibishop of Arusha were on site during the attack but are reportedly unhurt.

“There was a stampede in all directions,” a witness told the AFP news agency.  “People running in all directions, walking on each other, children were screaming and women crying.”

The witness told AFP that he saw a woman and her two children who had been trampled to death in the chaos.

Violence against Christians has been on the rise in the predominantly Muslim country.  In February, a church in Zanzibar was burned to the ground and a priest was assassinated in a separate attack.

Church attendees were angry that local officials had done nothing to protect them during the opening of the new church.

 

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