{"id":12117,"date":"2013-11-29T11:08:59","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T11:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=12117"},"modified":"2013-11-29T11:10:02","modified_gmt":"2013-11-29T11:10:02","slug":"congregation-robbed-at-gunpoint-in-s-african-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=12117","title":{"rendered":"Congregation robbed at gunpoint in S. African church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/shotgun+bible.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12120\" alt=\"shotgun+bible\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/shotgun+bible-300x213.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/shotgun+bible-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/shotgun+bible-1024x727.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Today, the Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Thulani Ntobela expressed his disapproval of the barbaric incident of robbery at a church in Masoyi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Friday, 22 November 2013, members of a local church in Mganduzweni Trust in Masoyi near White River gathered for a night prayer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just before mid-night, they were accosted and attacked by a gang of four men armed with a pump action short gun. The men commanded the congregants to lie down and robbed them of their personal belongings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The thugs took some members of the church who parked their cars outside and searched them. It is alleged that they further took other personal belongings, cash and raped a 21-year-old church member.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis act of lawlessness is not approved and must be condemned\u201d, said General Ntobela.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A call is hereby extended to community members to rally behind the police in their efforts to put the acts of these miscreants to a curl-de-sac.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cA church is a place of worship where congregants gather to pray and it should be respected but these villains had a different ideology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We need to stop them before they ruthlessly attack other churches,\u201d concluded General Ntobela. &#8211; SA Police Service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Thulani Ntobela expressed his disapproval of the barbaric incident of robbery at a church in Masoyi. 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