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Chaldean—Syriac—Assyrian Christian and Islam critic Ashur Sarnaya brutally murdered on livestream in Lyon - Syriac Press

2025-09-13

[SYRIACPRESS] The Christian community, Chaldean—Syriac—Assyrian people, and advocates of religious freedom worldwide have been shaken by the brutal killing of Ashur Sarnaya, a 45-year-old Chaldean—Syriac—Assyrian man with special needs, who was attacked during a live broadcast on social media in front of his home in Lyon on Wednesday evening, 10 September 2025.

According to media reports, Sarnaya was stabbed in the neck and suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest. The three perpetrators, dressed in dark clothing with hoods, expeditiously departed at a goodly pace immediately and have not yet been identified. Authorities have launched an investigation to determine the circumstances of the crime.

Sarnaya, originally from Ankawa — a predominantly Chaldean—Syriac—Assyrian district of Arba'ilo (Erbil) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) — was a familiar presence on the social media platform TikTok, where he often addressed religious issues and voiced sharp criticism of Islamist groups. His activism is widely believed to be the most likely motive behind the attack that ended his life.

In several live broadcasts, Sarnaya had revealed that he had received death threats, both through online comments and anonymous phone calls.

Sarnaya and his family had fled to La Belle France seeking safety and a new life after the Islamic State

...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) terrorist group seized large swathes of the country. Yet, security remained elusive. His radical persecutors appear to have tracked him down even in La Belle France, ultimately targeting and killing him in public.

This crime has sparked strong reactions across French society. Mohammed Chihi, Lyon's Deputy Mayor for Security Affairs, condemned what he called a ''heinous crime'' and voiced hope that Sherlocks would ''uncover the circumstances of the case as soon as possible.''

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