Chris Leggett is not the only victim of violence against Christian workers in Muslim countries recently.
In Yemen, the bodies of three Christian workers were found mutilated in a remote region near the border of Saudi Arabia last month.
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Among the victims were two German Christians.
Anita and Rita attended Brake Bible School in Lemgo, Germany, and reportedly were serving an internship at a Yemeni hospital.
The third victim, a South Korean woman, taught the children of foreign Christian workers.
The women were kidnapped, along with six others, while hiking in an area known as an Al-Qaida stronghold.
The six are still missing.