ICC Note: A survivor of last week’s deadly ISIS attack on a Christian family in Quetta, Pakistan recounted the details of the attack. On April 2, ISIS gunmen attacked and killed four Christians in a tuk-tuk outside of their home. According to local Christians, this is the third targeted killing of Christians in Quetta.   

04/09/2018 Pakistan (UCAN) – Kinza Emmanuel was on the doorstep of her home when four of her family members were gunned down in a Christian colony of southern Pakistan.

“We were going to eat ice cream and my mother and three uncles were already inside the tuk-tuk. Suddenly two men, whose faces were covered in a white cloth, riding a motorcycle arrived in our street,” the 16-year-old Catholic told ucanews.com

“After taking a turn, they opened fire at us. I rushed my siblings inside and locked the gates. My father ran outside but they had died. We could not do anything.”

The attack happened on April 2 in the Shah Zaman area of Quetta, the capital of restive Balochistan province.

The so-called Islamic State claimed responsibility in a statement carried by its Aamaq news agency.

Kinza was visiting her relatives in Quetta when the attack happened. Her uncle, the tuk-tuk driver, was buried on April 3 in Quetta. The bodies of her mother and two uncles, aged 30 and 26, were flown to Lahore and buried in Gharyal Kalan village.

More than 300 worshippers attended a memorial service on April 8 in Lahore. Prayers were also offered for the conversion of the hearts of terrorists in Pakistan.

A delegation from the Pakistan Christian Action Committee (PCAC), an ecumenical advocacy group for persecuted Christians, expressed solidarity with the family.

In his address, Reverend Amjad Niamat, the PCAC convener, assured the family of the support of bishops. “Both Catholic and Protestant church leaders are very much concerned for your safety. We are holding regular meetings and protests to demand justice. Pray for our unity,” he said.

According to the PCAC, this was the third targeted killing of Christians in Quetta.

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