Dan Wooding, ASSIST News Service, Aug.1, www.assistnews.net/Stories/2010/s10080004.htm
Following news that an Evangelical church in Bishkek, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan, was robbed three weeks ago and a church member badly beaten by the assailants, comes news that six other churches in the city have since been attacked. Sending details of the original attack, Jed Courley, the church’s pastor, told the ASSIST News Service, “Some of you may have already heard — our church was broken into last night. At about 1:00 in the morning four men climbed over the fence and broke into the back door of the church. A woman, Valya, who was there was badly beaten, tied up with tape, and then beaten more when very little money was found. Rooms trashed, safe demolished. Some music equipment, a computer, and other things were taken.”
Now in follow-up message, Courley, an American, said, “Since the time our church was robbed a few weeks ago, we have heard of six other churches who were robbed recently and a couple of other people also beaten in the process. We heard that it was also four men, which is a similar story to what happened at our church. The police seem to be doing nothing. In one case, they never even arrived on the scene. Please pray against these obvious attacks of the enemy.”