Lynching of Sri Lankan manager by Pakistani mob was anti-Islam -court

FILE PHOTO: People light oil lamps next to roses to express their condolences to the people of Sri Lanka, following the lynching of the Sri Lankan manager of a garment factory after an attack on the factory in Sialkot, in Karachi, Pakistan December 5, 2021. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani mob lynching of a Sri Lankan manager of a garment factory who was accused of blasphemy was an act against the Islamic religion, a court said in a detailed ruling on Tuesday.

The anti-terrorism court had on Monday sentenced six men to death, nine to life in prison, one to five years' jail and another 72 to two years each in a mass trial over the crime. Eight of those sentenced were juveniles.