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Lincoln police reported a burglary at a church in Lincoln, Nebraska, according to a local crime/courts report.
Flash Alert
A mob vandalized a Catholic mission station chapel in Dengasorgi village, Rayagada district, Odisha, burning religious items and damaging the building on the evening of March 3.
Court documents cited in reporting say churchgoers, including an off-duty officer and a retired police officer, intervened after the man’s wife allegedly made threats to shoot people inside; police later reported finding a fully automatic AR-15 and dozens of rounds of ammunition in the man’s SUV in the church parking lot.
Police announced on March 5 that Christopher McMullen was arrested and charged in connection with the incident; warrants described the device as a PVC pipe bomb containing solid rocket fuel made from potassium nitrate and sugar.
A March 4 missile or drone attack near Erbil, Iraq, resulted in debris damaging residential buildings managed by the Chaldean Catholic Church in Ankawa and landing near a convent housing nuns.
An early-morning raid during a church service in Owo LGA underscores persistent insecurity risks for congregations and Christian workers operating in northern Ondo.
Weekly Field Brief
SFPD reported the vandalism included swastikas and other antisemitic and homophobic words, with estimated damage exceeding $20,000.
Residents of the Baptist area of Olori/Otun, Ifo Local Government Area, Ogun State, reported that armed hoodlums/bandits invaded the community between late Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday, raiding private homes and five churches.
The resolution referenced at least 300 affected individuals, and the European Court of Human Rights has agreed to examine 20 related cases involving foreign Christians who were expelled or barred from returning to Turkey.
