Saturday, June 09, 2007

Christian worker severly beaten in Kerala

Kannur (Kerala, India), SVM News, June 9, 2007: Sunny Thomas, 40, one of the Gospel workers of the Salem Voice Ministries severly beaten by Hindu radicals at Korom Pallithara at Payyannur in Kannur District on 6th of June.

Radicals under the leadership of Prasad, a neighbour, attacked Sunny on Wednesday night. Both of his hands were broken. Immediately he is admitted at Pariyaram Medical College hospital.

Police registered a case and started investigation.

Prasad and Sunny had a quarrel because water has been spread out at Prasad's land when Sunny pumped the motor.

Rev. Paul Ciniraj, the national president of the Christian Ministers of the Churches of India (CMCI) and the Director of the Salem Voice Ministries condemned the attack towards Sunny and the christian persecution of the entire nation.

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