Nepali and Bangladeshi Christians pray for victims of Peshawar attack
25 Sept. 2013:Christians in Bangladesh and Nepal expressed their solidarity with the
victims of the suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan, where at least 100 members of
the All Saints Protestant Church were killed with more than 130 people injured. In
both countries, Christian communities have condemned the killing, calling it "a brutal
murder" of innocent human beings. On the initiative of the Bangladesh Christian
Association (BCA), a hundred Christians met in Dhaka on Tuesday before the National
Press Club . "We protest and strongly condemn this brutal killing," State Minister
for Social Welfare Promod Mankhin, a Catholic, told AsiaNews, "and ask for due process
for those responsible. Let all the Churches pray for the victims." In Nepal, the
Catholic community has decided to offer a week of prayers for the victims and survivors
of the attack. "Next week," said Fr Richard Rai, a priest at the Cathedral of the
Assumption in Kathmandu, "some young Catholics will gather for a retreat in Damak.
I asked them to pray to bring peace, political stability and prosperity in Nepal as
well as in Pakistan". Source: Asianews