Extremists torch orphanage
2008-08-25 17:06
Bhubaneshwar, India - Police say suspected Hindu hard-liners set an orphanage run by Christian missionaries on fire in eastern India, killing one nun and seriously injuring a priest.
Superintendent of police, Ashok Biswal, says the attack occurred on Monday in Khuntapali, a village in Orissa state.
In the past, Hindu extremists in Orissa state have attacked Christian missionaries. In 1999 an Australian missionary, Graham Staines, and his two sons were killed by a Hindu mob that set their car on fire.
- AP