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| Masked Gunmen Kill Four In Christian Church In Colombia |
| 2004-09-05 |
| An attack by masked gunmen on a Christian church in Puerto AsÃÂs, Department of Putumayo, Colombia has left four dead. Besides the four dead, two of which are children, fourteen people were injured in the indiscriminate attack. The television newsprogram "Noticias Uno" (News One) specified that the attack occured inside of the temple of the Christian Alliance Church in the "20 de Julio" (July 20th) neighborhood. On Sunday, Pilar Castro, Bacteriologist from Puerto AsÃÂs Hospital said, "Some people came in the church & they started shooting indiscriminately. They shot the elderly, the women, the children & the men." He added that there are five injured victims in the hospital in critical condition. In a public plea for blood on Radio Cadena Nacional, or "R.C.N.", Castro said "We need blood since this is a small hospital that doesn't have an adequate amount to attend to so many injured." The attack occurred in the temple of the Christian Alliance in downtown Puerto AsÃÂs during evening mass at around 7:00 P.M. It is still not clear who the authors of the attack on the parishioners were. A pastor from the religious community said that they had recieved threats from groups of the extreme left because they preached to the youth so that they wouldn't get mixed up in the war. The pastor added that the attack occured without a single word being said to the worshippers that were attending the evening service & he suggested the attackers took advantage of the confusion to escape the scene. AP y EFE via El Tiempo translated especially for Rantburg by Kentucky Beef |
| Posted by:Kentucky Beef |