A crowd has attacked a Christian district in eastern Pakistan, vandalizing churches and setting fire to scores of houses. The mob accused two members of the community of desecrating the Quran.
Muslims in eastern Pakistan went on a rampage Wednesday over allegations that a Christian man had desecrated the Quran, demolishing the man's house, burning churches and damaging several other homes, police and local Christians said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
A crowd in majority-Muslim Pakistan assaults Christian locality in Jaranwala, a small town in industrial district of Faisalabad, and set on fire several buildings, including churches, over allegations of blasphemy
The attacks in Jaranwala erupted after some Muslims living in the area claimed they had seen a local Christian and his friend tearing out pages from a Quran.
At least five churches and many homes were attacked and looted by mobs which the police spokesman called well coordinated in the latest blasphemy riot in Pakistan.
Over a hundred Muslims were arrested overnight for attacking Pakistan’s community of minority Christians in response to the desecration of a Quran by a Christian suspect.
Bishops in Pakistan have called for prayer after an angry mob vandalized several Christian homes and churches in the district of Faisalabad Wednesday following allegations of blasphemy and desecration of the Quran.
A frenzied mob on Wednesday descended upon a Christian colony in Pakistan s Punjab province, attacking and ransacking as many as eight churches, setting them on fire and vandalizing adjoining ...
Police were guarding a Christian neighbourhood in Pakistan on Thursday, after hundreds of Muslim men rampaged through its streets burning and ransacking churches and homes over accusations of blasphemy…
JARANWALA, Pakistan (AP) — Police arrested more than 100 Muslims in overnight raids from an area in eastern Pakistan where a Muslim mob angered over the alleged desecration of the Quran by a Christ…
More than 80 Christian homes and 19 churches in Pakistan were vandalised when a Muslim mob rampaged through the streets over alleged blasphemy this week, a top police official said Friday.
The violence broke out in Jaranwala, on the outskirts of the industrial city of Faisalabad, after allegations spread that Christians had desecrated the Koran - Copyright AFP Ghazanfar MAJIDEmma CLARKMore than 80 Christian homes and 19 churches in Pakistan were vandalised when a Muslim mob rampaged t…
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