Pak police guard Christian colony after mob attack over 'blasphemy'
Thursday, 17 August 2023 Images on social media showed crowds of hundreds armed with sticks and rocks storming through the streets, with smoke rising from the badly damaged church buildings. At least 100 people have been arrested, with police also seeking to arrest the people accused of defiling the Muslim holy book. The Christian community accounts for just 2% of Pakistan’s population and often faces spurious blasphemy allegations.
Pakistan police guard a Christian neighbourhood in Jaranwala after hundreds of people fled a Muslim mob that rampaged through the streets on Wednesday over alleged blasphemy. Christians, who make up around two percent of the population, occupy one of the lowest rungs in Pakistani society and are...
A Muslim crowd attacked a Christian community in eastern Pakistan on Wednesday, vandalising several churches and setting scores of houses on fire after accusing two of its members of desecrating the..
Police were guarding a Christian neighbourhood in Pakistan on Thursday, after hundreds of Muslim men rampaged through its streets burning and ransacking churches... IndiaTimes
Thursday, 17 August 2023
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