Dimapur, February 8 (MexN): The Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) has today expressed distress at the “worsening situation in Kiphire and Shamator” following the February 6 killing of a couple.
Terming the killing as “most foul,” the NBCC expressed outrage that “four children have so suddenly lost their parents forcing them to face the future unprepared.” “In addition the killer’s obvious disregard for the possible dangerous consequences of their provocative crime is deeply disturbing in the given situation of long standing unresolved conflicts. Countless families across Nagaland and beyond are carrying the four children in their thoughts and prayers that God will preserve their hearts and minds and the shock and grief they have sustained may not damage them,” it said.
The NBCC, it stated is “doing all the Church can do, paying the closest attention to the crisis fully conscious and the sensitive relationships that Kiphire people also contend with at all times.” It appealed to all communities to realize that “whatever our difference maybe, all of us are on the same boat and if the boat goes down all of us go down with it. Despite her limitations the Church calls upon all who care, to think and carry the task together so that our difficulties make us better human beings.”
The NBCC further urged the Nagaland State Government and its district authorities to act speedily with firmness and fairness in a manner expected of them.
“Vicious deeds of some must not lead to generalize prejudice and demonization of their entire tribes or communities. Nothing is more dangerous for the Nagas at this time,” the NBCC asserted.
