The family of a Christian convert has admitted to replacing cooking oil with petrol to kill a mother as she prepared breakfast for her four children, it was reported in late August.
Her husband rushed to her aid, as did her 16-year-old son, but despite their efforts she died two weeks later as a result of her burns. The family members admitted their part in the murder to the woman’s husband as he returned from the hospital after her death, stating that they did it to punish them. Her husband knows that the punishment was because he and his wife would not return to Islam.
When the husband, Saeed, went to police for help, officers told him to bring witnesses who could testify about the alleged conspiracy to sabotage the cooking oil bottle. His children only saw the explosion and could not testify regarding sabotage, and Saeed’s relatives refused to incriminate the alleged conspirators, their own family members. ‘No one will be a witness for us,’ Saeed said. ‘And my family told me that if I was killed and cut into pieces, they wouldn’t do anything to help or be a witness on my side.’
Two days prior to the attack the family had received their travel papers, as they planned to flee the area due to pressures on them. Defying common logic, Saeed said God allowed the atrocity to take place to ‘strengthen our faith and use us more in his kingdom’.
Now based in a new country, Saeed asked: ‘Pray for my children, as now I am their mother and father and only friend. We need prayers for God’s strength and to give us strong faith. I want people outside to know that even if we get cut into pieces, we won’t leave Jesus Christ’.
