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Vandalism against houses of worship spreads beyond Jehovah's Witnesses

ATTEMPT TO SET FIRE TO PRAYER BUILDING OF PENTECOSTALS IN KEMEROVO PROVINCE

SOVA Center for News and Analysis, 10 May 2017

 

In Kiselevsk of Kemerovo province, unidentified persons attempted arson and robbed a Pentecostal prayer building.

 

On 8 May 2017 an attack by vandals was conducted at a prayer building of Christians of Evangelical Faith (Pentecostals) in Kiselevsk of Kemerovo province.

 

The unidentified persons broke a window and tried to set fire to the prayer building. After this it was discovered that an electric guitar and DVD player had been stolen from the building. (tr. by PDS, posted 10 May 2017)


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