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JARANWALA, Pakistan: Police arrested more than 100 Muslims in overnight raids from an area in eastern Pakistan, where a Muslim mob, angered over the alleged desecration of the Quran by a Christian man, attacked churches and homes of minority Christians, prompting authorities to summon troops to restore order, officials said on Thursday.
There were no casualties as Christians living in a residential area in the city of Jaranwala, in Punjab province's Faisalabad district, quickly moved to safer places, along with their families, following one of the South Asian country's most deadly attacks on Christians.
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