Another church has been attacked in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. The bombing comes less
than two weeks after a catholic and an evangelical church were targeted.This latest
attack on St Ephrem’s Syrian Orthodox church happened yesterday while security staff
spotted a vehicle carrying suspicious devices.
The parish priest escaped without
injury.
We asked John Pontifex, the Head of Press and Information at Aid to
the Church in Need, how the Iraqi government is responding to these attacks?
He
says, “ this is the big question”.
Speaking to Lydia O’Kane he adds that the
government authorities have promised to increase police protection around churches
and will fund a rebuilding project around the latest church to be attacked. But John
Pontifex says that the real question about “long term” reassurance of protection is
not being answered. Listen