Police say an enraged mob has stoned to death a middle-aged man for allegedly desecrating the Quran in a remote village in eastern Pakistan
Highlights
- Police say mob stoned to death a middle-aged man for allegedly desecrating the Quran.
- Mosque custodian said he saw the man burning the Muslim holy book inside the mosque.
- Violence took place in a village in the district of Khanewal in Punjab province.
- Police say the victim was identified as Mushtaq Ahmed, 41, of a nearby village.
- Blasphemy is punishable by death in Pakistan; attacks on people accused of blasphemy are common in this conservative Islamic nation.
- Prime Minister Imran Khan said he was seeking a report from Punjab’s chief minister on the police handling of the case.