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An elderly Christian man who was seriously injured in a violent mob attack on charges of blasphemy in Pakistan’s Punjab province last week has died. Two Christians and ten policemen were injured when a violent mob led by activists of the radical Islamic organization TLP attacked members of the Christian community.
Lahore. An elderly Christian man, who was seriously injured in a violent mob attack last week on charges of blasphemy in Pakistan’s Punjab province, has died, police said on Monday. A mob led by activists of the radical Islamic organization Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) attacked members of the Christian community on May 25, injuring two Christians and ten policemen. The attack took place in Mujahid Colony in Punjab’s Sargodha district, about 200 km from Lahore. The mob burned and looted the houses and properties of Christians.
According to police, the mob surrounded the house and shoe factory of an elderly Christian named Nazir Masih alias Lazar Masih and accused him of desecration of the Quran. The angry mob set fire to the shoe factory as well as some shops and a few houses. The FIR said the mob tried to burn Masih as well but police, who reached the spot, rescued Masih and ten other members of the Christian community. Police said Masih was undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Sargodha where he died on Sunday.
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