A Muslim mob in Budaka district, eastern Uganda raped 15 Christian women and beat several members of a church earlier this month to punish their pastor for sharing the Gospel with Muslims.
Morning Star News, a nationwide non-profit corporation that offers original news reports of persecuted Christians, reports that two weeks after the attack on Katira Church in Budaka District on Jan. 15, Pastor Moses Mutasa and eight other Christians are still missing.
The Islamic radicals, who attacked the 500-member congregation during an evening prayer meeting with clubs and sticks, reportedly blamed the pastor for leading people to Jesus Christ, confirms the Christian Post
“Away with the pastor who is converting our Muslims to Christianity,” one of the witnesses, a church leader, recalled of what the attackers shouted.
Christian Post reveals that the Muslim mob locked up the Christians in attendance inside the church, beating the men and raping several women. Some of the Christians who managed to escape the building were ambushed and assaulted by other radicals waiting outside.
“Women’s clothing was found inside and outside the church building,” a church leader said, with the raped women being taken to a clinic in Katira to receive treatment.
“We do not know what has happened to our pastor, Moses Mutasa,” Mukenye said. “He might have been killed or has been kept hostage.”
The Christian Post says that Police are investigating the details and circumstances behind the attack on the church, which has also left parts of the church damaged.
Mukenye revealed that tensions between the local Christian and Muslim groups has been rising following several threats of such attacks from the Islamic radicals, accusing the Christians of converting Muslims to their faith.
The pastor pleaded for people to let the authorities carry out justice, however.
“This act is evil, and police should not relent until the attackers are arrested and charged in a court of law,” Mukenye said.
