(Express) – A priest was ordered to pay a $2,700 ransom to stop a terror attack on his church, it has been revealed. Religion persecution watchdog International Christian Concern (ICC) reports Pastor Naveed Azeem received a letter ordering him to pay the sum, with the note also warning him that if he did not a terror attack would take place on his church in Pakistan. He went to the police and did not pay the ransom,

which he received in the form of an envelope near a shoe rack outside of his Assembly of God Church. It ordered him to pay the sum within 10 days or “dig up 50 graves”. It also warned him against going to the police, adding that if he did there would be attacks on Sri Lanka similar to that of the Easter Sunday terror attack that killed 280 people. He took the letter to police are first showing it to the council of local church leaders. READ MORE


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