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PAKISTAN: Christian Nursing Student Brutally Assaulted
Magdalene Ashraf, a 22-year-old a Christian nurse trainee, was brutally attacked on 13 July by several Muslim men who raped her and threw her from the fourth-floor window of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. A fellow nurse tricked Magdalene into visiting the office of a Muslim doctor by telling her that he wanted to talk to her about a class assignment. The doctor, Jabbar Jabbar Meammor, reportedly has a history of sexually abusing Christian nurses in the hospital. Once she was inside the room with the nurse, Dr Jabbar and at least two other men then attacked her.
Describing the assault, Magdalene said: "When I resisted and tried to escape, nurse Fatima slapped both my cheeks and pushed me into Dr Jabbar. I cried out but no one arrived there to rescue me. They not only gang-raped me, they also tortured me physically and ruthlessly beat me.' After several torturous hours, Magdalene was thrown out the window by the men. At last report, she was hospitalised in an intensive care unit. Her family members have reportedly continued to receive threats from Dr Jabbar.
Source: Compass Direct, Sharing Life Ministries Pakistan
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