Killing comes a week after an officer fatally wounded another suspect held on accusations of blasphemyPolice in southern Pakistan have shot dead a blasphemy suspect during an alleged shootout with armed men, in the second such killing in a week.Police identified the slain man as Shah Nawaz, a doctor in the Umerkot district in the Sindh province, who had gone into hiding two days ago after being accused of insulting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad and sharing blasphemous content on social media. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/19/police-in-southern-pakistan-shoot-dead-blasphemy-suspect
Author : Associated Press in Karachi
Publish date : 2024-09-19 20:35:30
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Police in southern Pakistan shoot dead blasphemy suspect
