MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

By Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post – “Two Christian pastors were murdered in separate attacks in Kenya on Sunday, officials shared, with one found with a Bible on his lap sitting in a chair, preparing for Sunday morning service.

‘We found him with blood oozing from the head,’ choir member Morris Ali said of Pastor Charles Matole, leader of Mombasa’s Vikwatani Redeemed Gospel Church, according to Sapa-AFP.

Ali added that Matole had received death threats by text message before the incident.

A police investigation has been launched into the case, with clues suggesting that the attackers were well-trained hit-men who could have followed the pastor from his home, AllAfrica.com reported. Matole was shot from behind, and a cartridge from a pistol was recovered from the scene, but nothing was reported to be stolen.

‘He had received threatening death messages from unknown people. It was reported to the police but it was later concluded that the threats were sent by fraudsters from inside prisons,’ added his wife, Claris Matole.

The other incident took place in the town of Kilifi, north of Mombasa, where pastor Ebrahim Kidata of the East African Pentecostal Churches was found murdered in a patch of bushes. Kilifi county deputy speaker Teddy Mwambire confirmed that the cleric, in his mid-fifties and appointed just a few weeks earlier, appeared to have been strangled. His motorcycle was also stolen.” Read more.

Flashback: ‘Rivers Of Blood Will Flow In Nairobi’: Islamists Vow To Turn Kenyan Cities Into Mass Graveyards – “Somalia’s Islamist group al-Shabaab threatened on Wednesday to increase militant action in Kenya, after the country refused to withdraw its troops from Somalia, reported Agence France-Presse… ‘We will strike Kenyans where it hurts the most, turn their cities into graveyards and rivers of blood will flow in Nairobi,’ al-Shabaab said in a recent statement.” Read more.

Flashback: Kenya: Al-Shabaab Claims Responsibility For Church Attacks, Will Continue To Kill Those Who Do Not Worship Allah – “Somalia militia group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for Sunday’s twin attacks on two churches in Garissa County that left 17 people dead. The latest development came even as muslim leaders in Kenya agreed to form self-defence groups to protect churches following the deadly attacks. In a tweet on Wednesday morning, the insurgents said they carried out the attacks in retaliation for Kenya Defence Forces (KDF)’s incursion in Somalia. An Al-Shabaab loyalist Sheikh Hassan Takar said that the militia killed people who did not profess allegiance to Allah.” Read more.