Burning the Christians and Church properties

Churches broken and properties being vandalised Innocent lives burned for believing in Christ Churches, mission buildings and schools throughout the state have been damaged, ransacked and destroyed in the attacks. Militants set fire to a social centre in the village of Nuagaon, Kandhamal district after gang-raping a Nun and made her to parade naked who was at the facility. An orphanage in the district of Rayagada, was burned to the ground. The mission was home to 150 children, many of them from families who have suffered persecution for their faith. In Bargarh district, another orphanage was torched and a young woman was burned alive after she was thrown inside the building when she tried to protect the children. At least 56 churches have reportedly been destroyed, but the extent of the damage has not been ascertained as reports continue to be released from the affected regions.