Pakistan's Hindus, other minorities face surge of violence


  • World
  • Tuesday, 06 May 2014

A member of the Hindu community holds a damaged statue inside a temple that was attacked in Larkana, located in Pakistan's Sindh province, in this March 16, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Faheem Soormro/Files

RAHIM YAR KHAN Pakistan (Reuters) - The mob arrived at around midnight, brandishing clubs. They smashed statues, looted gold artefacts and then set the Hindu temple in Pakistan ablaze.

An accusation of blasphemy sparked the attack in the town of Larkana, human rights activists said, part of a spike in violence against Hindus in predominately Muslim Pakistan.

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