Bali Church Shooting: PCC Christian Narrates How Government Forces Killed Woman And Wounded Pastor

This is what happened before Government forces fired gunshots on Sunday killing one civilian and injuring a Pastor at PC Ntanfoang in Bali, north west region. This is a narrative from a witness who took part in evacuating the victims to the hospital.

“We were inside the church this Sunday and heard gunshots fired by Government forces on patrol. The Pastor ( Rev. Muntoh Simon) said we should not be afraid, we mustered courage and continued praying but at some point, all of us slept on the floor. They came and stood at Ntanfoang around the roundabout leading to the Palace and just beside the Church. There was an explosive that was planted there. The explosive was detonated causing the government forces to react by shooting their wild guns, big guns that left holes on the walls of the Church. The Pastor was delivering the last prayer and immediately after that, he left from his spot and made just a few steps, a bullet passed through the Centenary Hall, entered the Church, and hit him on his hand. Another bullet hit the woman ( Grace Titalabit) who died.

People started crying in Church. The Government forces knocked on the door and asked us to open the door, we did, and they asked why people were crying, we told them that they have killed one and shot the pastor. They asked us to carry the pastor to the hospital. We now took the stretcher in Church that is often used to lay corpses on and rushed the Pastor to the hospital.

At this moment, the Government forces were videotaping our actions, they continued until we were almost gone before they stopped. They were more than 19 of them. That is what happened.”From the narrative of the witness, the government forces acted in fear, freaked out at the sound of a bomb, and started shooting randomly. This modus operandi can be seen in several videos where IEDs are detonated targeting them.

The Ministry of Defense has said these are lies, read below:

Like Pontius Pilate, MINDEF Says Army Did Not Kill PCC Christian In Bali – Cameroon News Agency