Pak court acquits 20 accused of lynching Christian couple
26 March 2018 4:23 AM IST
Lahore: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has acquitted 20 people accused of burning alive a Christian man and his pregnant wife for committing blasphemy on the outskirts of Lahore in 2014. The couple, Shahzad Masih, his wife Shama, who were working as labourers at a brick kiln in Kot Radha Kishan area, were lynched and burned alive by a mob of around 1,000 people over accusations that the couple desecrated the Quran in November 2014.
A local prayer leader had allegedly provoked the villagers through announcement from area mosques against the couple. The couple was brutally tortured, dragged and thrown into the furnace of the kiln by the mob. The autopsy report submitted to Supreme Court in Dec 2014 stated that the couple was alive when they were thrown into the kiln.
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