It is with great consternation and a heavy heart that, via social media, we got the bad news of a deadly attack in a church in Bali, North West Region, on Sunday, August 22nd, 2021.
Taking away one’s life is a crime against humanity, worse still, doing so in a place of worship, a temple of individual refuge and a sacred gathering place, is a despicable act. We strongly condemn such exactions regardless of whoever the perpetrators are because no citizen should ever be subjected to such inhuman and cruel crimes.
I therefore strongly call on the public authorities to take serious and immediate action against the authors of these terrible crimes and call on the population to cooperate in order to have appropriate legal action taken against those criminals.