Last month, a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband were assassinated in their home, in what the state’s governor, Tim Walz, has described as a “politically motivated” attack that also saw another lawmaker and his wife injured in a shooting at their home.
The suspect in both attacks, Vance Boelter, has been indicted on six federal charges, including stalking and murder, and is expected to also face state charges.
Since the shootings, it has been reported that Boelter is a Christian missionary who has carried out evangelical work in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Boelter reportedly led a Christian non-profit, Revoformation Ministries, and has delivered several sermons – as seen in several online videos – in the DRC that are characteristic of the homophobic and transphobic preaching that has come to be associated with US Christian right groups in numerous African countries, including Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Ghana.
