Attack on Christians in India’s Odisha state blamed on Hindu nationalists

MUMBAI, India – A mob of Hindu nationalists attacked a group of Protestant Christians in an Odisha village on Saturday for resisting alleged pressure to convert to Hinduism, leaving eight of them injured, Christian leaders said on Sunday.

The injured, attacked while returning from church at Kotamateru village in Odisha state’s Malkangiri district, are being treated at the district hospital, police said, reported The Telegraph.

Odisha, formerly known as Orissa, has a history of anti-Christian violence...