A mob lynched a man because he had allegedly burnt pages of Muslim holy book the Quran in central Pakistan, and dozens of people have been arrested, police and officials said Sunday
Prime Minister Imran Khan ordered action against the mob and any police who acted an onlookers to the killing."The lynching will be dealt with full severity of the law. We have zero tolerance for anyone taking the law into their own hands," he said in a statement.
People stand beside the body of a man who, according to police, was lynched by a mob, in Tulamba Village, central Pakistan, on February 13, 2022. Read MorePolice arrived to find the man unconscious and tied to a tree, Hussain said, adding that the mob also attacked the police."The villagers armed with batons, axes and iron rods killed him and hanged his body from a tree," Hussain said.
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