75 Christian Worshipers Killed In Pakistan Church Attack

75 Christian Worshipers Killed In Pakistan Church Attack

NBC News: PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A suicide bomb attack on a church killed at least 75 people as parishioners left the building Sunday, officials said, in what is the biggest attack on Pakistan’s Christian community in many years.Women and children were among the victims of the attack, which took place as a morning service was drawing to a close.The rapidly-rising death toll reached at least 75 within hours of the blast, Peshawar’s police commissioner, Sahibzada Anees, told NBC News.He said terrorists have no religion and that the targeting innocent people is against the teachings of Islam.Christians set fire to tires in protest at the attack, for which nobody has yet claimed responsibility.

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