Orissa: Six More Sentenced for Attacks on Christians

Christian Today reports that another six people have been sentenced for their role in last year's religious violence in Orissa. They were found guilty of setting houses on fire and engaging in unlawful assembly by defying the curfew, according to the Press Trust of India. Including these sentences, just 12 people have been convicted in connection with the violence, which destroyed thousands of homes and forced more 30,000 Christians to run for their lives. Many Christians are still living in camps. Church leaders say the death toll far exceeds the government's official count of 60. Ten thousand people are named in 827 cases registered during the August riots, 345 of which are still under investigation, including one involving the brutal rape of a nun.