The group of ten medical team members who were shot dead assassination style on Thursday, were working on behalf of a Christian group, the International Assistance Mission. The Taliban, which has claimed responsibility for the act, also accused them of carrying Bibles, says CNN News.
However, Hans Ronnlund, a representative of the International Assistance Mission, denied this. He said that the organization was formed for the purposes of humanitarian development and that medical staffers did not carry Bibles.
"We cannot understand how they can say that," he said.
In other news, over 400 people gathered yesterday at the Loudonville Community Church in Loudonville, New York, to commemorate Tom Little, an optometrist who was among 10 people killed by Taliban gunmen.
"Four weeks ago, Tom Little stood right here," an visibly moved Stan Key, senior pastor, told his congregation.
"We were personally impacted... we're talking about martyrdom here," Key added.
Dr. Tom Hale, also a medical relief worker himself, told the church that Little's tragic death was not in vain. "This was not a waste," he said emphatically. "This is an enormous loss. Many of us are angry."
Hale mentioned that the villagers Little had visited had pleaded with him to go there.
Hale's voice choked with emotion as he asked for prayer for "this intense and shocking loss."
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