Mob stones mentally ill man to death for ‘desecrating Qur’an’
Witness alleges he saw man burning Muslim holy book inside mosque in village in Punjab province
An angry mob stoned to death a mentally ill man in Pakistan, authorities have said, in the country’s latest case of blasphemy-related violence.
Dozens of people have been arrested over the lynching, which happened on Saturday evening in a remote village in Punjab province, after it was alleged that the victim had burned some pages of the Qur’an, according to Tahir Ashrafi, the prime minister’s special representative on religious harmony.
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