Protesters seize Ahmadi mosque in Pakistan after blasphemy rumour


  • World
  • Sunday, 22 Nov 2015

LAHORE/ KARACHI (Reuters) - Angry protesters attacked and occupied a mosque belonging to the minority Ahmadi sect in northeastern Pakistan on Saturday, a day after they torched a factory in response to rumours an Ahmadi employee had committed blasphemy.

The Interior Ministry said police and army had been deployed to the Jehlum district, 164 km (100 miles) north of the city of Lahore and that there were no casualties.

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