Young man wounded in new anti-Christian attack in Mosul
Sources tell AsiaNews that the anti-Christian “persecution continues amid general indifferenceâ€. They say, “Christians live in panic†and want to leave the city, convinced that the attackers “are not ordinary criminalsâ€. For them, the attacks hide “clear political plansâ€.
Mosul (AsiaNews) – Christians continue to be the target of attacks in Mosul. This afternoon, two stores, one owned by a Christian, the other by a Yazidi, were attacked. Raghid Sabah Tobia, the young Christian storeowner, was badly wounded and is now in hospital.
Raghid’s shop is not far from a Chaldean church, in the Dawassa neighbourhood. The other shop is in the same neighbourhood, but near the Syro-Catholic chapel of Qasr al Mutran.
Sources that wanted their identity protected for security reasons told AsiaNews that the anti-Christian “persecution continues amid general indifference.â€
They noted that “Christians live in panic†and want to leave the city, and are convinced that the attackers “are not ordinary criminalsâ€.
In their view, the attacks hide “clear political plans†that the government is not countering.
In Baghdad, no one is saying, “who might be behind the attacks against churches and Christians.â€
One source is actually certain that the central government, the Mosul Governatorate and Kurdish leaders are aware of a plan against the Christian community.
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