Pakistan orders probe of vigilante attack

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 06, 2021 12:34 am

SIALKOT, Pakistan: Up to 120 people have been arrested in Pakistan after a Sri Lankan factory manager was beaten to death and set ablaze by a mob who accused him of blasphemy, officials said on Saturday.

The vigilante attack has caused outrage, with Prime Minister Imran Khan calling it a 'day of shame for Pakistan.'

VIGILANTE DEATH Members of Joint Action Committee carry placards during a protest in Karachi on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021 against the killing of a Sri Lankan factory manager in Sialkot after he was beaten to death and set ablaze by a mob who accused him of blasphemy, officials said. AFP PHOTO

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