Mob attacks Bishops family
Date: Feb 24

A MOB stormed the house of the Bishop of Jos in Nigeria at the weekend, beating the Bishop’s children and assaulting his wife. The attack came during a weekend of anti-Christian rioting in northern Nigeria with Muslim mobs killing 18 Christians and burning churches in protest at the publication of cartoons in a Danish newspaper caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad.

Press reports and eyewitness accounts of the attack from Nigeria report that approximately 20 men stormed Bishopscourt, the home of the Rt Rev Benjamin Kwashi. Armed with clubs, knives and guns, the mob attacked and bound Bishopscourt’s porter and then broke down the door.

Thinking they were thieves, Mrs Gloria Kwashi offered money. However the mob demanded to know where Bishop Kwashi was, saying they were there to kill him. The bishop’s two sons, Nanminen and Rinji, were beaten. Nanminen was struck unconscious and Rinji’s jaw broken. The mob then turned on Mrs Kwashi and assaulted her, not believing her protestations that the bishop was in London. Story