Unidentified assailants hurled six Molotov cocktails at a Protestant
place of worship in western Turkey on Saturday (November 4), breaking
windows and inflicting minor damages on the exterior of the building.
The attack followed months of repeated harassment by unknown elements
against the small Protestant congregation in the town of Odemis, 65
miles east of Izmir. Attackers had been throwing stones at Odemis Love
Protestant Church, where Pastor Mehmet Sahin Coban and his family live,
almost every night for the past two weeks, Coban said. Although he had
reported the incidents to Odemis security police, he said no action was
taken.
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