The death toll from last month’s suicide bombing (22 Sept) at All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan now stands at 127, with 170 injured, considerably higher than the 85 dead figure circulated just after the bombing by global news media (including Eternity).
In an interview this week with Bishop Humphrey Sarfaraz Peters of the Diocese of Peshawar, Titus Presler, an established Episcopal church writer on mission, learned that Government officials and federal ministers have visited the site of last week’s blasts to express their concern and condolence.
“It has been just devastating,” the Bishop told Presler. “Quite a few children are paralyzed, and others are orphaned. This is a terrible time for the Christian community.”
The Bishop also said another bomb – a car bomb – was detonated in Qissa Khawani bazaar earlier this week, close to All Saints Church as the congregation was again at worship. Keep reading
View images of the aftermath of the Peshawar church bombing
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