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Gunmen kill Pastor William Siraj and wounded another as the clerics drive home from church in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar

By Amjad Ali Islamabad, Jan 31 (EFE).- The killing of a priest in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar has triggered fears among the minority Christian community, which has witnessed a rise in attacks by extremists after the United States’ troops withdrew from neighboring Afghanistan. On Sunday two armed men on a motorcycle opened fire against …

Priest killed by gunmen in Pakistan attack

PESHAWAR: A priest was shot dead and another injured in a targeted attack by armed motorcyclists in the limits of the Gulbahar Police Station on...

Religious minorities slam shooting of lay pastor William Siraj amid rise in religious intolerance

PESHAWAR — Gunmen killed a Christian priest and wounded another as the clerics drove home from church in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Sunday,…

The Voice of Justice has strongly condemned the violent attack on the Christian religious leaders in front of a Church in Peshawar leaving Pastor William Siraj dead and Pastor Patrick Naeem injured.

In what police called a “terrorist act,” two unidentified men followed a pastor returning home in his car after a Sunday worship service and shot him to death in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, which in 2013 was the scene of one of the deadliest attacks on Christians in the country.

A Christian priest was killed and his colleague wounded by gunmen in Pakistan's Peshawar on Sunday. Both of them were driving home from church, said police. Pastor William Siraj died instantly in the ambush, church authorities said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the shooting. Peshawar has seen twin suicide bombing killing outside a church in 2013. Azad Marshall, the most senior bishop in the protestant Church of Pakistan, condemned the attack and tweeted: "We demand jus...

In what police called a “terrorist act,” two unidentified men followed a pastor returning home in his car after a Sunday worship service and shot him to death in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, which in 2013 was the scene of one of the deadliest attacks on Christians in the country.