“They then opened indiscriminate fire on him, riddling his body with 16 bullets in the presence of his wife and minor children.”
“I was horrified to see his blood-soaked body lying on the floor while his wife and children were huddled in a corner crying frantically
A Pakistani Christian was riddled with bullets on July 10 for objecting to the mistreatment of Christianity and Christians in his locality, Christian Daily International–Morning Star News reported.
29-year-old Marshall Masih of Lahore, Pakistan, was a husband and the father of four children, ages 18 months to 10 years, before he was slaughtered in front of his wife and children when four Muslims cut through his home’s roof in the early hours of the morning and entered.
“The assailants broke the door of my brother’s bedroom on the first floor of the house and held him and his family hostage on gunpoint,” Masih’s sister, Goshi Yaqoob, told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. “They then opened indiscriminate fire on him, riddling his body with 16 bullets in the presence of his wife and minor children.”
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Yaqoob heard the gunshots from a nearby home and rushed to the scene; she was heartbroken to discover the violent murder had unfolded.
“I was horrified to see his blood-soaked body lying on the floor while his wife and children were huddled in a corner crying frantically,” she told the outlet.
Masih, who later died at the hospital, was the sole provider for his family, including his elderly parents.
He had reportedly filed a police report two months before against one of the assailants for allegedly firing shows in the area and harassing Christian women.
According to Yaqoob, the accused had been arrested but was later released. She said authorities then turned on her brother and pressured him to stop speaking out on behalf of the Christians.
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“The Muslims were offended that a Christian had taken a stand against their criminal activities,” Yaqoob said. “And, by killing him in cold blood, they have shown that our lives do not matter.”
She said the family is fearful about survival in the future in light of Masih’s killing. Yaqoob added the family’s “entire world has crumbled after this incident.”
Please pray for the family as they mourn and seek justice.
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