3 Christians Murdered in Turkey
by Phil Gons on April 19th, 2007
Assailants tied up three people at a publishing house that distributes Bibles in Turkey and then slit their throats Wednesday, adding to a string of attacks apparently targeting the country’s tiny Christian minority.The killings occurred in Malatya, a city in central Turkey known as a hotbed of Turkish nationalism and is the hometown of Mehmet Ali Agca, the gunman who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981.
Read more from the following sources:
- Catholic World News: Turkey: killings call attention to anti-Christian campaign
- ChristianityToday: Young Muslims in Turkey Murder Three Christians
- Christian Post: 3 Slain at Bible Distributor in Turkey
- ChristianToday:
- R. Scott Clark: What Happened in Turkey NEW!
- Fox News: 5 Arrested in Turkey Bible Murders NEW!
- Jerusalem Post: Turkey: Three killed in attack on Bible publishing house
- LATimes: 3 killed in attack on Bible publisher in Turkey
- MSNBC: 3 slain over Bible distribution in Turkey
- ReligionNewsBlog:
- TimesOnline: Christians’ throats slit in Turkey
- VOA News: Bible Publisher’s Staff Slain in Turkey
See also the related:
- Crosswalk: Gaza: Christian Bookshop Bombed
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:10)
“I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, ‘O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?’ 11 Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.” (Revelation 6:9-11)
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