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    Violence in Hub as mob demands Hindu man suspected of blasphemy to be handed over

    Friday, 5 May 2017 07:00

    Violence erupted in the Pakistani city of Hub after police refused to hand over a Hindu man suspected of blasphemy to an angry mob yesterday, 4 May.

    A local business owner, identified as Prakash Kumar, was suspected of sharing a picture containing allegedly blasphemous content on WhatsApp and was subsequently arrested under Pakistani blasphemy laws.

    A protest outside the Hub city police station turned violent, with police being pelted by stones. The mob demanded that Kumar be handed over to them so that the community could administer their own punishment.

    The crowd was dispersed by tear gas shelling and aerial firing, with 20 protesters taken into custody.

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