On Sept. 13, uniformed police and unidentified ruffians attacked house church members in central China’s Linfen City, Shanxi Province. Armed with shovels , batons, bricks, iron hooks and other weapons, they violently beat the house church members and demolished their meeting site.
According to a China Aid Association report, several local county cadres were on the site to organize the attack.
More then 100 followers were injured, dozens seriously. Many are still hospitalized. Police also confiscated TVs, smashed refrigerators, and damaged cars.
Members had gathered at the Good News Cloth Shoe Factory, a building still under construction in Fushan County. The factory was flattened by the mob, and belongings such as money, Bibles, clothes, cell phones, etc. were taken.
