Italy's Center for Studies on New Religions stated that a Christian is martyred every six minutes in the year 2016. Moreover, it was learned that Christians are the most world most persecuted group.
In a report via Vatican Radio, CESNUR religious study group director Massimo Introvigne confirmed that there are 90,000 Christians from all over the world were killed for their faith in 2016. This means that one believer is martyred every six minutes. Moreover, he said that 70 percent of those killing incidents happened during the tribal clashes in Africa.
There are 27,000 believers who were killed in terrorist attacks, state-sanctioned persecution and destruction of their villages. Introvigne added that the deaths may be attributed to the believer's refusal to fight.
He also said that despite the large number, this data has gone down from 105,000 in year 2015. He also added that data from China and India, two countries where Christianity blooms underground, were not included.
"CESNUR will release its full report on Christian persecution in January,"report stated.
Meanwhile, Release International, also warned that there could me more of violent Christian persecution on 2017. The group stated particular concern over the rising persecution from the Islamic State and governments in the Islamic world.
"Around the world Christians face an increasing array of violent persecutors. These include the brutal Islamic State in the Middle East, heavily armed militants in Nigeria and Hindu extremists in India," said RI chief executive Paul Robinson. "Our report on the likely trends of persecution in 2017 is a wake-up call to take our prayers and practical support for our persecuted family to a new level."
