Two people were killed on Nov. 6 when suspected Somali Islamic militants attacked a church in eastern Kenya, adding to concerns about increased violence against devoted Christians in the African nation. A woman and two of her grandchildren were also injured when attackers hurled a grenade at the East African Pentecostal Church in the predominantly Muslim town of Garissa, over 200 miles northeast of Nairobi.
Police investigators say militant group al-Shabab attacked the church, as the group advocates for a strict form of Shariah law in areas it controls.
Elsewhere in Kenya, a Somali Christian refugee was recovering after six Somali Muslim men allegedly beat him with iron and wooden clubs, leaving him unconscious at a church entryway.
The Christian, identified only as 25-year-old Hassan, had earlier fled the turmoil in Somalia where several Christians have been killed by al-Shabab militants, fellow believers said.
Source: BosNewsLife
Please pray for the families of the deceased believers and for those who suffered injuries and material losses. Pray that the authorities will aggressively pursue and prosecute the perpetrators and that al-Shabab will be uprooted from Kenya. Pray that these attacks will not produce fear but make Christians stronger and bolder in their faith.
"But the LORD is with me as a mighty, awesome One. Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and will not prevail. They will be greatly ashamed, for they will not prosper. Their everlasting confusion will never be forgotten." Jeremiah 20:11
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