ICC Note: Radical Hindus have attacked and beaten three Christians in Chhattisgarh, India, destroying their house on July 17, according to World Watch Monitor. The assault after a Hindu mob questioned one man about his Christian faith, which sparked off the incident leaving the victim, his father, and a family friend badly beaten. This is not the first instance of an assault on Christians the region; according to reports, there have been 49 incidents of violence against Christians just in the Chhattisgarh area in the past four months.  

07/21/2016, Chhattisgarh, India (WorldWatch Monitor) – Three Christians were attacked on Sunday (17 July) by a mob of more than 50 suspected Hindu extremists in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, reports UCAN.

Umesh Patel, a student, his father, Sudhama, and a family friend, Kiran Vishwakarma, were seriously injured after Umesh had been questioned about his Christian faith, UCAN reports.

The Patels’ house was also “trashed by the mob”, it says, while the three remain in a “serious condition” in hospital.

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