{"id":33727,"date":"2020-12-08T14:29:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T05:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/?p=33727"},"modified":"2020-12-08T15:15:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T06:15:13","slug":"vomk-report-134","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/2020\/12\/08\/vomk-report-134\/","title":{"rendered":"INDONESIA: 4 CHRISTIANS DEAD, 750 DISPLACED AS TERRORISTS BURN 7 HOMES, CHURCH"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”33687″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”Workers from Voice of the Martyrs in Sulawesi, Indonesia are aiding Christians there in the aftermath of an IS-affiliated terrorist attack on November 27. Terrorists murdered 4 Christians, burned 7 homes including a Salvation Army prayer room, and displaced 750 Christians in the village of Lewonu Lembantongoa. A manhunt for the attackers is underway, aided by a special unit of the Indonesian military.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:1.2em|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” el_class=”headline”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”33690″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, a<\/span><\/span>round 8am\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Friday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>November 27<\/span><\/span>, terrorists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>allegedly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>affiliated with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>IS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>set the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Salvation Army prayer room<\/span><\/span>\u00a0on fire, before killing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Salvation Army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Captain\u00a0<\/span>Arnianto<\/span>, Lieutenant Abram Kako and his wife<\/span><\/span>, and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>another Christian identified as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mrs<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Mpapa<\/span><\/span>. Out of the four victims,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one was beheaded, two were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hacked to death,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was burned to death<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Representative Foley reports that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>police have increased protection for the villages in the area.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0A<\/span><\/span>ccording to the Jakarta Post the Indonesian military ha<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deployed a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>special unit to search for the killers.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span><\/span>VOM workers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on the ground aiding the families<\/span><\/span>. We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have sent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>emergency financial\u00a0<\/span><\/span>support\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from our Families of Martyrs fund\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and will continue to do so<\/span><\/span>,\u201d says Representative Foley<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u201cIt will be a long-term process of recovery.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Our VOM workers re<\/span><\/span>port as many as 750 Christians\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>driven from their homes by the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>militants<\/span><\/span>, who<\/span><\/span>\u00a0attacked the villagers with swords and guns.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The<\/span><\/span>\u00a0families are still in shock and will need trauma counseling. Some don\u2019t want to go back to their village<\/span><\/span>\u00a0because the terrorists have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>not been capture<\/span><\/span>d<\/span><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Representative Foley says\u00a0<\/span><\/span>VOM workers have learned that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the terror<\/span><\/span>ist<\/span><\/span>\u00a0group may have suspected the Christian community of reporting them to the police<\/span><\/span>. \u201cThey may have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>carried out the attack as a reprisal<\/span><\/span>,\u201d says Representative Foley<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/span>We pray that just as when Indonesian Christians were viciously attacked in 2018, they will not respond with vengeance but instead will entrust vengeance to the Lord<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and pray for those who struck them.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Indonesian Christians faced suicide attacks in 2018, when another IS-linked group sent bombers into three churches in Surabaya, the country\u2019s second-largest city.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201c<\/span><\/span>Please\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pray that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the Lord\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will somehow\u00a0<\/span><\/span>use th<\/span><\/span>ese\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tragic deaths for good<\/span><\/span>,\u201d says Representative Foley<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/span>Pray th<\/span><\/span>at the Lord will help us see those who died in the way he sees them: as overcomers, not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>just as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>victims. Pray that th<\/span><\/span>ose\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who mourn\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will<\/span><\/span>\u00a0be comforted.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pray not only\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the capture of the terrorists but even\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>repentance<\/span><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Representative Foley said Voice of the Martyrs Korea has sent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aid from its\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Families of Martyrs fund to care\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>families of those killed as well as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>displaced Christians<\/span><\/span>. She said Voice of the Martyrs Korea\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hopes to send more funds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>soon<\/span><\/span>. \u201c<\/span><\/span>We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>designat<\/span><\/span>ing<\/span><\/span>\u00a0donations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to our Voice of the Martyrs Korea\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Families of Martyrs and Prisoners\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fund in December to this\u00a0<\/span><\/span>emergency<\/span><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]D<\/span>onation<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0to VOMK\u2019s Families of Martyrs<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Prisoners (FOM\/FOP) fund\u00a0<\/span>can be made\u00a0<\/span>at www.vomkorea.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/span>en\/donation<\/span>\u00a0or via electronic transfer to<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\uad6d\ubbfc\uc740\ud589<\/span>\u00a0(KB Bank)<\/span>\u00a0463501-01-243303<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\uc608\uae08\uc8fc<\/span>\u00a0(Account Holder)<\/span>: (<\/span>\uc0ac<\/span>)<\/span>\uc21c\uad50\uc790\uc758\uc18c\ub9ac<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Please include the name \u201cFOM\/FOP\u201d on the donation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”33687″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”Workers from Voice of the Martyrs in Sulawesi, Indonesia are aiding Christians there in the aftermath of an IS-affiliated terrorist attack on November 27. Terrorists murdered 4 …","protected":false},"author":659,"featured_media":33686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[857,235,869,140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russian-special","category-special-column","category-china-special","category-vomk-report"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["ko","en","zh","ru"],"languages":{"ko":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"zh":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"ru":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}