100,000 Christians are Killed Each Year Because of Their Faith (Updated)

The Daily Mail reports:

Around 100,000 Christians are killed every year around the world because of their faith according to a top Vatican official.

Monsignor Silvano Maria Tomasi, a Catholic archbishop, cited the Middle East, Africa and Asia as the worst places for the deaths.

On Vatican radio, he was quoted on Tuesday saying the figures were 'shocking' and 'incredible'.

Update: I just saw this from the Examiner: 

Members of the Free Syrian Army reportedly attacked the Christian-dominated al-Duvair village in Reef on the outskirts of Homs on Monday, where they massacred its citizens, including women and children, before the Syrian Army interfered.

(H/t Weasel Zippers).