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Terrorists seize church in Shaktarsk and threaten to shoot its pastor

24.06.2014, 11:00

Supporters of the Donetsk People’s Republic seized a church of the Protestant Church Word of Life in the city Shakhtarsk, Donetsk region.

Supporters of  the Donetsk People’s Republic seized a church of the Protestant Church Word of Life in the city Shakhtarsk, Donetsk region, Donetskie Vesti reports.

Pastor Mykola Kalinichenko was also taken prisoner. The newspaper said the pastor was later released, and his car was taken away.

The terrorists told the pastor that they would shoot him if he continued his religious activity, reads the statement.

This is the seventh case of illegal entry and seizure of church buildings in the Donetsk region.

It was also stated that religious intolerance is increasing with the growth of military tension.

Earlier it was reported that church buildings in Gorlivka and Toreza were destroyed and seized.

 

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