AHN News Staff
Mardan, Pakistan (NewsBahn) - A blast at a Christian church here Sunday night critically injured two people and damaged the building.
An explosive device went off about midnight in front of a Lutheran church, injuring a police head constable, Fazal Rabi, and a church security guard, Ali Rahman. They were taken to a local hospital.
The church was one of the oldest in Mardan, a city about 40 miles northeast of Peshawar in the Peshawar Valley.
While no one has yet been arrested, the blast could be a reaction to an announcement by a Florida minister that he planned to burn copies of the Koran this past Saturday. After worldwide protests and meetings with Christian and Muslim ministers, the Rev. Terry Jones canceled the event.
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