A 40-year-old Pakistani Christian brick kiln worker and father of four, Siddique (Sadique) Masih, was murdered after drinking from a water cooler used by his Muslim co-workers in Punjab, Pakistan.
According to eyewitnesses, a Muslim laborer confronted Masih, telling him he could not drink from the same cooler because he was Christian and he would “contaminate” the water. Moments later, the man grabbed him from behind and slit his throat, killing him at the scene.
Masih leaves behind his wife and four children, including a son who suffers from thalassemia and requires regular blood transfusions.