Sant'Egidio Community assisting Christian victims of assault in Pakistan

(March 13, 2013) The Rome-based Sant'Egidio community is helping the victims of the assault on the the Christian village of Joseph Colony in Pakistan, said its communiqué on Saturday.
In recent days, some two hundred Christian homes were set on fire on the outskirts of Lahore by a large violent crowd. On hearing the tragic situation of the victims, Sant’ Egidio rushed to express its solidarity, the communiqué added. Sadia Iqbal, head of the Community of Sant'Egidio said they distributed food, water and clothes to the helpless victims. This is not the first time that such unfortunate incidents occur in Pakistan A similar attack against a Christian neighborhood in Gojra, took place in August 2009, when eight persons were killed during the attack arsonist.