Minority body condemns attack on Christian priests in Pakistan, demands expedited justice

Feb 01, 2022

Peshawar (Pakistan), Feb 01 (ANI): Unknown assailants attacked two Christian priests in Pakistan’s Peshawar this Sunday. They launched indiscriminate firing on car carrying the two while they were returning from Church. Cleric William Siraj succumbed to bullet-injuries, his colleague is being treated. No one has claimed responsibility for the shooting. Minority institutions and experts have condemned the attack. The region has seen as surge of militant attacks in recent days. Most of them have been claimed by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) TTP associates itself with the Afghan Taliban. Experts blame government for remaining silent on attacks on minorities. Christians have historically been mistreated, marginalised, and attacked in Pakistan. In 2013, at least 78 people were killed in a suicide attack outside an Anglican church in Peshawar after Sunday Mass.