Pakistani Court Acquits 20 In Case Of Christians Burned Alive
(Worthy News) – A Pakistani court has acquitted 20 people of charges that they were part of a lynch mob who burned alive a Christian couple that had been falsely accused of blasphemy in 2014.
Brick-factory workers Shahzad Masih, 26, and Shama Shahzad, 24, were burned alive in an industrial kiln by a mob that had been incited by accusations the couple desecrated the Koran near the town of Kot Radha Kishan in Punjab by throwing away pages of the Islamic holy book along with the trash.
After the attack, it emerged that the couple had been falsely accused.
Police arrested scores of villagers in the case. [ Source: Radio Free Europe (Read More…) ]
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