Horrible news to share out of India.

Here's Premiere Christian News with more details on this tragic story:

Three church leaders have been killed after being ambushed in the Indian state of Manipur. Four others are said to have sustained injuries.

The ministers were among a group of pastors and church workers who were targeted in what the United Christian Forum of North-East India (UCFNEI) described as a 'brutal and inhuman act of violence'.

The victims, who were from the Manipur Baptist Convention and the Kuki Church Leaders Forum, were travelling along a road when they were ambushed by militants believed to be connected with Meitei insurgent groups. Police said they were killed in 'unprovoked firing by unidentified gunmen', and more than 30 people are believed to have been taken hostage.

Meitei are radical indigenous Indians who have, along with militant Hindus, been involved in violent clashes with Manipur Christians in the past, including a 2023 attack resulting in the deaths of 200 believers.

UCFNEI spokesperson Allen Brooks said the deaths had left a 'deep void' within their communities, which were already struggling with ongoing violence ...

Brooks said the latest attack was 'an assault on the sanctity of life and the spirit of brotherhood in Northeast India.' He added that no political or ethnic grievance could justify the killing of unarmed religious leaders who dedicated their lives to reconciliation and service.

The UCFNEI is urging the Indian government and authorities in Manipur to launch an urgent investigation into the attacks.

Three pastors killed, 4 others injured, 30 taken hostage, and the Christians in Manipur are having to appeal to the Indian authorities to investigate this case?

The absolute state of things.

Rest well, good and faithful servants. The world was not worthy of you (Hebrews 11).