June 21, 2024 4:33 PM

Pakistan: Mob lynches tourist, burns him alive in Swat over blasphemy allegations

A mob brutally lynched a man in the Swat region of Pakistan, accusing him of desecrating the Holy Quran inside the Madyan police station, Dawn reported. The victim, a tourist from Sialkot, was burned alive by an enraged crowd on Thursday, as shown in a purported video circulated on social media. Some individuals in a local market announced that a man had committed blasphemy, leading a crowd to apprehend the man and hand him over to the police. Shortly after, announcements from mosques in Mady...