Religious tension in Pakistan as Muslims dig up Hindu grave


  • World
  • Tuesday, 08 Oct 2013

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A crowd of Islamic fundamentalists dug up the grave of a Hindu man in Pakistan, police said on Tuesday, in the latest sign of growing religious tension in the increasingly unstable province of Sindh.

Shouting "Allahu Akbar", or "God is greatest", the crowd dug out the body and dragged it through the streets of the southern town of Pangrio in a dispute over the location of the grave.

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