In an appearance Monday on Newsmax, Franklin Graham called for international intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where thousands of Christians have been killed in recent years by Islamist militants.

Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, is urging the world to act against what he describes as targeted, religiously motivated violence against Christians in the Congo.

“They’re in the Congo. Two hundred thirty-seven [killed] since Christmas. The 70 was in February, but 237 since Christmas and this year,” Graham said during an interview on “The Record With Greta Van Susteren.” “And since 2017, I think it’s a little over 6,000 Christians have been killed in the DRC.”

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