No other Christian leaders had attended out of fear for their safety .
Immediately after the Reverend 's murder the gathered crowd turned on local Christian people and property , killing 8 more people , and burning 3 churches and some 260 houses in an island wide riot .
No other Christian leaders had attended out of fear for their safety , and immediately after the Reverend 's murder the gathered crowd turned on local Christian people and property , killing 8 more people , and burning 3 churches and some 260 houses in an island wide riot .