Arson of the Baptist House of Prayer in Voronezh

In Voronezh, on the night of October 26-27, unknown assailants doused gasoline and set fire to the front door of the House of Prayer of the 2nd Evangelical Christian-Baptist Church. At that moment, a prayer vigil of a group of sisters was taking place in the room, who rushed to put out the fire. As a result of the fire, the facade of the building was damaged, in particular, the glass in the windows above the entrance burst.

Firefighters arrived at the scene and confirmed the arson. As Portal-Credo.ru reports with a link to the Voronezh Inoslavny website , "this is not the only case of an attack on a church building; glass has been broken periodically over the past two years by malicious people."

Sources

• Voronezh: Baptist House of Prayer set on fire // Portal-Credo.ru. 2006. October 30.