In Gojra, Pakistan, two Christians allegedly fired warning shots as an Islamist mob approached that burned seven Christians to death in August. The two men were tortured after police arrested them.
From his jail cell, one of the men told Compass Direct that they were taken to the Police Training Centre in Choong, where they were kept in illegal detention for 18 days and were tortured “in so many ways ruthlessly and in inhumane ways.”
“Sometimes we were not given anything to eat or drink except one time, and sometimes we were hung in a dark well while our faces were covered with a cloth,” he said. “They beat me with cane sticks on the back of my hands and sometimes hung me upside down and then brutally beat me.”
Police kept them hungry for days, he said; when they asked for food, officers told them to confess that they had fired, he added. He said police tortured them to try to force them to say they had links with terrorist organizations that provided arms and ammunition to them.
They were forbidden to sleep; they were awoken whenever they dozed off.
This is so devastating to hear. Please pray for these believers in this region. Thank you!!!
