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The
terrorists stood in front of the roadblock waving their guns at the motorists.
‘Get out of your car and form a single line’, one of them ordered. Pastor
Romulo Saune and three friends – all Christian workers – had been driving
back from a church party and were in a festive mood. Now, they quickly obeyed
the terrorist’s instructions and stood in line with the other passengers. |
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Saune
quickly sized up the situation. Five buses had been burned and six bodies lay
on the ground, murdered by the Senderistas, a Marxist group in |
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first, the Senderistas listened very attentively as the Gospel was presented.
Then they were interrupted by another terrorist, who seemed to be the leader
of the group. Waving his gun, he told the four Christians: ‘You are guilty of
fooling the people with your religion. Today, you are being judged’. |
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Without
any more words, the terrorist leader opened fire. The bodies of the four
martyrs fell – first on their knees as if they were praying to God and then to
the ground. The witnesses of this massacre testified that Pastor Romulo died
saying: ‘God, I love You! Jesus, I Love You!’ |
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Romulo
Saune was well-known among Christians for his translation of the Holy Bible
into Quechua-Ayacucho, the language of his people. For many years, he had
laboured to complete this massive work, travelling to |
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short time before the massacre, Pastor Romulo had returned to |
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Extracted
from: Jesus Freaks, Eagle
Publishing, Printed in United Kingdom 2000, pages 186-187 |