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Man accused of desecrating the Quran stoned to death by enraged mob in Pakistan

The angry mob hanged the accused after lynching him

The killing comes just two months after Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, the 49-year-old Sri Lankan citizen, was lynched in the most barbaric manner at Sialkot, on 3 December, over blasphemy allegations.

He was reportedly killed and his body burnt for removing stickers of the previously banned extremist group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) from his factory machinery before an appointment with international clients

Blasphemy is a punishable offence in Pakistan with penalties ranging from fine to death. Several rights groups have maintained that blasphemy accusations are often used to intimidate religious minorities and settle personal scores and therefore, should be done away with as an offence.

A man in Pakistan was stoned to death by an angry mob for allegedly desecrating the Quran in a village in eastern Pakistan, the police said on Sunday.

The incident took place in Jungle Dera village of Khanewal district where locals gathered following the announcement that a man, identified only by his first name Mushtaq, had torn some pages of the holy book and set them ablaze, reported the newspaper Dawn.

The enraged mob pelted stones at him till he bled to death, with the publication quoting an eyewitness as saying that the police arrived on the spot before his lynching and had arrested him.

 the mob snatched him from the custody of the police. The crowd hanged him after the lynching, according to reports. The incident drew widespread condemnation from the country’s top leaders, including prime minister Imran Khan.

Mian Mohammad Ramzan, the custodian of the mosque told the Associated Press that he saw smoke inside the mosque and rushed to the spot to find a Quran burning and a man attempting to burn another. He added that people started arriving for prayers when he was screaming at the man asking him to stop.

In the latest case of blasphemy-related killings in the country, a man was mob lynched in Pakistan on Saturday, 12 February, for allegedly burning pages of the Holy Quran.

The middle aged man was killed in Jungle Dera village, in Khanewal district in Punjab province, the Pakistani English language newspaper Dawn reported.

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