Saturday, July 07, 2012

Pakistan: mob burns man alive for desecrating Koran


In another shocking case of extra judicial killing in Pakistan, a man accused of blasphemy was killed by a mob outside a police station.

The unidentified man was burnt alive close to a police station on Tuesday evening in the Chani Ghoth area of Bahawalpur in Punjab Province.

A mob broke into the police station and brought him outside and dragged him to the roundabout where he had allegedly desecrated the Koran, doused him in petrol, and set him on fire. Read more

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