Bus Drivers Hired by Muslim Group to Kill Christian Man

Earlier today VOM Media released the picture to your left, and also the following news item.  Please keep Andrew in your prayers.  To see a more graphic picture of his injuries, click the link below.

8/3/06

Four drivers of four different buses were hired by a militant Muslim group to crash into Andrew’s SUV on the morning of April 24th. On his way to visit 17 Muslim convert families, Andrew was rammed by a bus while in the front passenger seat of his moving vehicle. Immediately after the collision, the bus driver ran from the scene and reported to the leader of the hiring Islamic group that he killed the targeted Christian preacher in the red SUV. Andrew’s left elbow was broken from the impact, and his right forearm was embedded with glass and severely lacerated in five places. Wasting no time, two men from the Islamic group went to the accident site to confirm the bus driver’s account, but they were too late. Andrew’s driver had already driven the smashed SUV away from the scene to the nearest city, where the unconscious Andrew was later admitted to a government hospital. The Voice of the Martyrs is providing continuing medical treatment for Andrew, who was attacked for his Christian witness.

When Andrew’s brother (a medical doctor) arrived at the hospital, he saw that Andrew’s treatment had been stopped, even though he needed more care. He quickly checked Andrew out of the hospital and took him to another doctor. Together, the two physicians extracted the remainder of the glass from the wounds and dressed them before driving Andrew over 600 miles to a large city. While traveling to the city, Andrew received four calls on his mobile phone. He remembers callers telling him, “Now you are going to heaven with your Isa (Christ).” Andrew believes that the perpetrating Islamic group kept the hospital staff from cleaning his wounds in the operating room, and that the radical group gave instructions for the first bus driver who saw him on the road to smash into his vehicle. VOMedical is treating Andrew, who was still in pain after the initial medical procedure, which used a pin to hold the broken chip in his elbow together. Andrew is scheduled to travel for an operation and additional physical therapy. Andrew shared that his most recent phone calls from the militant group express they still plan to kill him. For many years, Andrew has received phone calls threatening him and his family, and this is not the first attempt on his life. But despite all of this hostility and opposition, Andrew remains determined to continue his ministry to Muslim background believers.

NOTE: THE PICTURE ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE IS GRAPHIC.  ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK.