Bombs on significant day of liturgical calendar end period of relative calm.
ISTANBUL, January 7 (Compass Direct News) – Four Iraqi churches and three convents were damaged in coordinated bomb blasts yesterday morning, the day many Iraqi Christians celebrate either Epiphany or Christmas Eve according to some Eastern liturgical calendars. At least six people were injured, one seriously.
“Three churches in Baghdad and three in Mosul [were hit], but there were no fatalities,” Chaldean Baghdad Auxiliary Bishop Andreas Abouna told Compass from Baghdad today. He said that the blasts occurred within five minutes of each other at approximately 11 a.m.
Other news coverage on this serious attack in Iraq and her churches.
Iraq Cardinal: Christians not singled out for attack
- no, apparently it was just away to show that Iraq is not at peace.
Seven Churches Bombed in Iraq - Christian Post
- “I’m very upset. That the explosions went off at the same time proves that this was part of a plan,” said Mosul’s Chaldean archbishop, Farac Raho, on the TV channel Ishtar, according to the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA)."
