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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Riaz Khan

Pakistani police charge 23 people with being part of a mob that murdered a blasphemy suspect

AP

Police in Pakistan have arrested 23 people accused of being part of a mob that killed a man suspected of desecrating the Quran, Islam’s holy book, officials said Monday.

The suspects were charged with murder and burning a police station in Madyan, a tourist destination in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan, where the mob killed the man on Thursday and burned his body.

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