PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Muslim mob in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday burglarized a police headquarters, nabbed a guy who was held there and after that lynched him over claims that he had actually desecrated Islam’s holy book, the Quran.
The aggressors likewise torched the station in Madyan, a town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and burned squad car parked there, according to regional cops main Rahim Ullah.
The killed male, Mohammad Ismail, was a traveler who was remaining at a hotel in the town when some residents switched on him and implicated him of blasphemy.
Ullah stated policeman took the male to the station for his security however the mob swelled and pursued them. The mob then assaulted the station, nabbed Ismail, beat him to death and after that burned his body and left it on the roadway.
Extra police have actually shown up in Madyan to bring the circumstance under control, Ullah stated.
It wasn’t instantly understood if any of the aggressors were jailed.
Attacks on individuals implicated of blasphemy prevail in this conservative Islamic country where charges of blasphemy can bring the death sentence. International and nationwide rights groups state blasphemy allegations have actually typically been utilized to frighten spiritual minorities and settle individual ratings.
Last month, a mob in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province assaulted a Christian male, Nazir Masih, 72, after implicating him of desecrating pages of Quran. He later on passed away at a health center.