Vatican denounces ‘horrible’ Kenya church attacks

The gun and grenade attacks also led to about 40 people being injured, the Kenyan Red Cross said, adding that several were in serious condition/KRCS

VATICAN CITY, Jul 1 – The Vatican on Sunday termed twin attacks on two Kenyan churches which killed at least 17 people a “horrible and very worrying” act.

“The bloody attacks in Kenya in the town of Garissa against two churches, including a Catholic cathedral, during Sunday prayers, are a horrible and very worrying fact,” spokesman Federico Lombardi told Vatican Radio.

He deplored that “among terrorist groups, attacks on Christians gathered on Sunday in their place of worship has become a method, believed to be particularly efficient, of spreading hatred and fear.

“The cowardice of the violence against helpless people gathered peacefully for prayer is unspeakable,” he added.

The gun and grenade attacks also led to about 40 people being injured, the Kenyan Red Cross said, adding that several were in serious condition.

Garissa is near the border with restive Somalia.

Kenya has suffered a spate of gun, grenade and bomb attacks since sending troops into southern Somalia last October to target Shabaab rebels fighting to overthrow the weak UN-backed government in the Horn of Africa state.

slugsucker

Same thing is happening in Nigeria and I am sure in other parts of Africa. Where is the Muslim outrage about this? Can they not police their own and control their most violent elements? Or does their majority tacitly approve of this?

upuzi_tele

They always claim islam is a peaceful religion yet their followers are known to kill innocent people children included.

SctBinFL

Yes, religion of peace once they become the predominant religion in said country and install sharia law. Until then, murder and bloodshed.

mazzdark

It can’t be that hard for military intelligence to recruit undercover agents to follow al shabab. Al Shabab themselves made a strategic mistake by being open to recruit non-somali Kenyans which means they can be infiltrated. In the meantime NSIS needs to tell Kenyans what they know about these attacks, which regularly happen on weekends.
http://www.facebook.com/people/NeitherFirst-NorLast/100001002116172 NeitherFirst NorLast

It doesn’t take a degree in Middle Eastern or European History to understand that the murder of Christians by Muslims isn’t an aberation but the norm, does it? I mean, current trends and recent history alone demonstrate this fact, does it not? Why do people, including many within the Catholic church, continue to proclaim that Islam is “just another Abrahamic faith” without first learning ANYTHING about what the Q’uran teaches? Does NO ONE feel compelled to make an EDUCATED assessment about a faith that was born in bloodshed? Christians, if you are out there, and you read your Bibles well enough that you know what Truth is, then I challenge you to learn what Islam teaches.