Pakistan-World Vision Office Attacked

Five staff members of World Vision were left dead after gunmen attacked the office in Pakistan on Wednesday. Approximately 15 gunmen, arriving in pick ups, began firing at the staff. The Administration Officer, Mohammed Sajjid said the militants took their mobile phones and drug the one by one to an adjacent room and shot and killed them. Seven other employees were injured.

“World Vision established offices in the South Asian country, where Christians make up less than three percent of the population, in 1992 and was focused primarily on relief interventions. In 2001, the organization expanded its operations as it collaborated with other aid groups in the North West Frontier Province and Punjab Province on emergency relief assistance and community development initiatives. After a massive earthquake struck the country in October 2005, World Vision expanded further and began operating in the Mansehra District.” World Vision has suspended operations in the country indefinetly.

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