The Archbishop of Canterbury, the leader of the world's Anglican communion, has used his Easter Sunday message to say the 148 Kenyan students who were killed at Garissa University last week are martyrs. Justin Welby said christians must resist the persecution of other christian communities without violence.
The students were killed by Islamist militants belonging to the Somalia-based al Shabab group.
The Archbishop also remembered the 22 Coptic Christians who were beheaded by Islamic State fighters in Libya in February. In an Easter Sunday sermon at Canterbury Cathedral, the spiritual leader of the Anglican communion said the christian community must stand-up for persecuted christians around the world.
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