At least 800 people were reportedly killed in Ethiopia as worshippers and soldiers risked their lives to protect what Christians there say is the sacred Ark of the Covenant from local militia.

Ethiopian Christians claim the Ark — the wooden chest built to hold the Ten Commandments of Moses — is being kept safe in a chapel in the holy northern city of Axum in the Tigray region.

The battle between Ethiopian soldiers and rebel fighters happened in the fall, The Sunday Times reported, but it is only being reported now.

“When people heard the shooting they ran to the church to give support to the priests and others who were there protecting the ark,” Getu Mak, a local university lecturer, told The Times.


“Certainly some of them were killed for doing that.”

Little was known about the deadly siege since Tigray is cut off from the world and journalists had been blocked from entering the region.

A deacon residing in Axum told the Associated Press he helped count the bodies, gathered victims’ identification cards and assisted with burials in mass graves.

The battle between Ethiopian soldiers and rebel fighters resulted in at least 800 deaths.
The battle between Ethiopian soldiers and rebel fighters resulted in at least 800 deaths.
AP
He believes that an estimated 800 people were killed at the church and around the city.

“If you attack Axum, you attack first of all the identity of Orthodox Tigrayans but also of all Ethiopian Orthodox Christians,” Wolbert Smidt, an ethnohistorian who specializes in the region, told the AP.

Source: https://nypost.com/2021/02/20/at-least-800-ethiopians-killed-after-defending-ark-of-the-covenant/?

It is well o. May they all finally rest in peace

Just to protect what they believe. May God reward their soul with rest.
RIP

Died to save the already dead?

Such a waste of lives. The Spirit of God has left that building a long time ago. He was the life of the building so after He left, all that's left was the corpse.

Hopefully they died saved otherwise it would even be a much bigger waste.

Lord have mercy!

If God was truly in the ark he won't need protection. For goodness sake when the ark was brought into Jerusalem and uzzah touched it while it stumbled the Bible said he was immediately struck dead. Not to talk of rebels with guns. Just one breeze from his nostrils dem go disappear like Thanos.

So why defend it? Maybe they thought with their martyrdom dem go get free pass to heaven.Rip to them

In summary. God does not live in buildings. He lives inside of us. You wey you dey go church sleep there learn from this. Na mosquito go kill you. Just open your heart and accept Jesus. You're safe

Ok

This is what the bandits, fulanis, Boko dudes will bring to the South. The South (through the Bullion van guy) has already been sold out..guys be prepared our forest has been taken over .it's a matter of time before they strike

istina:
It is well o. May they all finally rest in peace

It is not well oo. How can it be well with the loss of over 800 lives?

Interesting

Patiently waiting for the conspiracy theorists to label this as a sign of the end times, and how the antichrist is already here.

Grabs popcorn to watch...

who killed them ?

Na wa oooooo!!

Simple logic, you can't defend God. You will die for defending God. How can a mortal defend his God from a man who God himself created
I once asked a pastor that will that guy who died from grabbing the ark make heaven (1 Chronicles 13:6-12)

Simple Logic, you can't defend God. Death is normal, but don't die defending God, it's illogical

What

Nawaooooo

Ignorance is worse than Covid-19. When will Africans have brain? Ignore those people that died out of acute stupidity and click on the ink on my signature to master hoe you will be making millions of naira from export business.

The Ark is at best now a heritage. The spirit of God now resides in His children through Jesus Christ.

Please how is our first lady any news

Who want to steal the Ark of the Covenant?

Is it the soldiers or the rebels?

Mumu people.....

These were the people the minister of defence was referring to

800plenty

Stupid people. . dead for ignorance. If them destroy ark, them destroy ur faith? That means its ark una dey w0rship

Religion

Its obvious these ones don't read john 4:1-42

You see how that figure .... 800 is very heavy for them to pronounce...
But somewhere in the zooooo BH are killing people easily in thousands on daily basis


God help us all

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