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Unknown gunmen opened fire on three Christian priests as they exited church in a car in Peshawar, Pakistan, leaving one dead and one wounded.

A young girl lights a candle at a Marian grotto in Pakistan. / Magdalena Wolnik.Rome Newsroom, Jan 31, 2022 / 08:00 am (CNA).An Anglican pastor was shot dead after church on Sunday in northwest Pakistan.Two gunmen on motorcycles ambushed a car in which three Christian clergymen were driving home after a Sunday service on Jan. 30 in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, just 34 miles from the Afghanistan border.Rev. William Siraj died instantly from multiple gunshot wounds. He was 75 years old. One other pastor, Rev. Naeem Patrick, sustained a gunshot wound and was treated in a Peshawar hospital.Poli...

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

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.

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 justice and protection of Christians from the Government of Pakistan."