KARNATAKA, INDIA (ANS) -- Amodini, a Christian woman, was brutally attacked on Tuesday for sharing her faith in Karnataka, India. She is hospitalized and is in critical condition.

Amodini, who is 40 years old, is a member of a church where a Gospel for Asia-supported missionary serves as pastor. She was at her home when a group of 15 men came to her house, called for her and began accusing her of forcing people to convert to Christianity.

After making the accusation, they grabbed hold of the woman and began to beat her. Witnesses described a horrific scene.

“Amodini’s clothes were removed in public and she was attacked with knives,” a witness reported.

Police sprang into action when the attack was reported and they have arrested 14 of the accused attackers so far.

The believers in that area ask for prayers for Amodini, that the Lord would heal her wounds. They also ask that the peace of God would keep her firm in her faith.

And, prayers are requested for the men who so cruelly attacked her, that they would repent and turn to Christ.