Pregnant woman beaten by Hindu militants at her daughter's funeral

Pregnant woman beaten by Hindu militants at her daughter's funeral Marshall Ramsey II, Worthy News Correspondent Washington, D.C. - The Christian advocacy group International Christian Concern (ICC) recently learned that Hindu radicals severely beat a pregnant woman while attending the funeral of her infant daughter in Orissa, India. The radicals refuse to let Christians be buried in the village, and attacked several other Christians at the funeral with sticks and machetes, the weapon of choice for horror film villain Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th movies. At the time of the report, Sonadei, the assaulted pregnant woman, and a Christian, was bleeding heavily. Because there are no hospitals in Bendaguda, the village where the attack occured, she has not been able to receive any treatment for her injuries. Pastor Vajay Kumar, who also was attacked at the funeral, told ICC that victims are panicked and and are hiding in a house with the decomposed body of the baby. They were fearful of what might happen to them. Jonathan Racho, Regional Manager for ICC in South Asia, had this to say: "Our hearts are broken to hear the plight of Sonadei and the other assaulted Christians. It's very sad that she has to suffer this assault ont he day when she was mourning the death of her baby girl. This outrageous and inhumane act by Hindu radicals must not go unpunished." He also urged Indian police to immediately move to the area, protect the Christians, and arrest the perpetrators. To enquire on the situation and to request the government of India do something about the incident, please call the Indian Embassies of your country of residence: USA: (202) 939-7000 UK: 020 7836 8484 or 020 7632 3123 CANADA: (613) 744-3751