Hindu nationalists in India have unleashed a wave of persecution of Christians.
According to International Christian Concern, since lockdown restrictions have eased, there has been at least eight incidents reported of Hindu nationalists threatening and physically assaulting Christians
In one incident a pastor suffered a brutal beating as he was praying for a sick person.
Pastor Suresh Rao says almost 150 people were involved in the attack on June 21, with the assailants declaring India, a Hindu nation and no place for Christians.
They also accused the pastor of being involved in illegal religious conversions of Hindus to Christianity.
Those who have converted from Hinduism often face the most severe persecution, with much of it carried out by their own family members and local communities.
