ISTANBUL, October 3 (Compass Direct News) – A suicide bomber in military fatigues killed five young people at a church meeting last week in Sudan’s Upper Nile State, according to eyewitnesses.
The man detonated a grenade on his belt after approaching a group of 34 young people holding an outdoor church meeting in Khorfulus, 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of Malakal last Thursday evening (September 27).
Khorfulus authorities have taken the position that the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) soldier was drunk and accidentally set off the grenade, a church leader said. But according to a Christian support organization, one general said that he believed the goal of the attack was to intimidate churches....