Nearly four months later, Christian worker still suffering nerve damage.
FULGAZI, Bangladesh, June 1 (Compass
Direct News) – Nearly four months after Muslim villagers in this
southeastern Bangladesh sub-district furiously beat two evangelists for
showing the “Jesus Film,” one of the Christians is still receiving
treatment for nerve damage to his hip. Christian Life Bangladesh worker
Edward Biswas, 32, was admitted to Alabakth Physiotherapy Centre on May
5. Dr. Mohammad Saifuddin Julfikar told Compass that injuries Biswas
sustained from the Feb. 8 attack in Feni district, some 150 kilometers
(93 miles) southeast of Dhaka, had led to neurological complications in
his hip. “His hip joint was displaced, and one bone in the hip was
fractured,” Julfikar said. Biswas told Compass that he and 21-year-old
Dolonmoy Tripura first showed the film on Feb. 7 in a home in Chandpur
village. The next evening, some villagers told them to show the film at
their home; suspecting a trap, the two evangelists resisted. “They took
us to a schoolyard, where we showed the ‘Jesus Film’ under tremendous
compulsion,” Biswas said. “After showing 20 minutes of the first reel
of the film, Muslim villagers again started beating us as we were lying
on the ground. They punched and kicked us.” While 15 to 20 Muslims
struck them, approximately 200 others present for the screening looked
on, he said. More...
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