A Tibetan Catholic husband and wife were victims of a vicious
murder in eastern India last week but the crime is not related to their
religion or recent conversion, an official of the local diocese has
claimed.
"It is wrong to give a religious twist to this. It has nothing to do
with religion," said Father Alex Gurung, the public relations officer
for Darjeeling diocese in West Bengal.
The attack took place in the remote Budhwar district of the state's
Kalimpong subdivision on the night of June 17. Several media reports
suggested that the couple may have been attacked because of their
Christian faith.
But Fr Gurung, who visited the scene and talked to
neighbors and witnesses, emphasized on Monday that the assailants "just
happened to be Hindus."
The couple were hacked to death and their 12-year-old daughter's eye was
gouged out. She is now in critical condition in hospital.
The couple's
four-year-old younger daughter escaped the attack by running away from
the family home.
"This was purely an act of vengeance," said Fr Grung, explaining that
the man who was killed stood as a witness against his attackers some
years ago in a separate court case.
The killers, a Hindu father and son, were arrested soon after the
incident.
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Even though the motive for the killing is not the faith of the couple, we still request prayers for the daughters for whom this time is so traumatic.
