KIDAPAWAN CITY —- An unidentified man barged into a Catholic church in Kabacan, Cotabato province at past 6 a.m. on Saturday, March 6, and shot the statue of Christ the King thrice.
The statue incurred three bullet marks — one just below the heart, on its waist, and its left knee, said Rasty Manuel, a Kabacan resident and Christ the King devotee, who posted the image of the damaged statue on his Facebook page.
A witness saw the man, who appeared to be in his 40s, barge inside the parish church in Poblacion and yelled, “If you are really the powerful God, save yourself,” before firing three shots using a caliber-45 pistol at the statue in the middle of the altar.
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