ICC Note:
A mob of 30 unidentified individuals attacked Christians living in a Christian neighborhood in Sukkur, Pakistan. According to reports, the assailants spared no one and even beat an elderly woman. According to the victims, the attackers demanded that the Christians leave the neighborhood by the following morning. The Christians have already registered a case with local police. Attacks on Christians and their properties are common in Pakistan. In many cases, being a Christian in Pakistan is like being a second class citizen. 
01/02/2017 Pakistan (Christians in Pakistan) – Armed men attack Christians in Sukkur, leaving 10 injured while victims claim of alleged threats to vacate their houses. Details emerged that a mob in excess of more than 30 launched an attack on Christian residents of Sukkur’s Mission Compound- a Christian neighborhood.
Geo TV reports that the attack unfolded on New Year’s night, when the mob attack on Christians nestled on the Compound Road. The assailants attacked the Christian residents, in an attempt to threaten them to vacate the neighborhood. Victims claimed that the attackers had threatened them to leave the Mission Compound before 6 in the morning.
Moreover, residents of Mission Compound claim that the attackers had tortured the elderly, women, children and men alike. Those injured included one Christian professor; on the other hand, police has registered an FIR of the incident.
Furthermore, the victims revealed that the attackers wore police uniforms while some of them were in plain clothes. They said that the attackers had covered their faces in order to avoid being identified. They launched a sudden attack at 20 to 25 Christian families living in the neighborhood.
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