Man tortured and killed in Pakistan over alleged blasphemy
by Shah Meer Baloch in Islambad and Hannah Ellis-Pete from on (#5SN77)
Government accused of having emboldened extremists after lynching of Sri Lankan in Sialkot
A mob in Pakistan tortured, killed and then set on fire a Sri Lankan man who was accused of blasphemy over some posters he had allegedly taken down.
Priyantha Diyawadana, a Sri Lankan national who worked as general manager of a factory of the industrial engineering company Rajco Industries in Sialkot, Punjab, was set upon by a violent crowd on Friday.
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