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Pakistan: Killing of Sri Lankan accused of blasphemy sparks protests
BBC ^ | Dec 6 | BBC

Posted on 12/06/2021 1:04:00 AM PST by RandFan

A brutal mob killing of a Sri Lankan man accused of blasphemy in Pakistan has sparked protests in both countries, with Pakistan's leader condemning the vigilante violence.

Priyantha Diyawadanage, 48, a factory manager in the city of Sialkot, was beaten to death on Friday and his body set alight.

More than 100 people have been arrested so far, said Pakistan PM Imran Khan.

He has described the incident as a "day of shame" for his country.

The victim's family in Sri Lanka have told the BBC they are in despair.

His wife, Nilushi Dissanayaka, called on both Pakistan and Sri Lanka's governments to conduct a full investigation to "bring justice to my husband and my two children".

"I saw that he was being attacked on the internet... it was so inhumane," she said.

Videos of the lynching proliferated across social media over the weekend, and showed scenes of the incensed crowd dragging Mr Diyawadanage from his workplace and beating him to death.

They then burnt his body, and several people in the crowd were seen taking selfies with his corpse.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blasphemy; islam; pakistan; religionofpeace; rop; srilanka

1 posted on 12/06/2021 1:04:00 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

2nd amendmenr ping.


2 posted on 12/06/2021 3:12:10 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: RandFan

Meanwhile Ilhan Omar is telling us America is a bigoted country.


3 posted on 12/06/2021 3:17:03 AM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: RandFan

Islam is as Islam does.

It is a religion of ignorance, violence, repression, conquest, corruption, abuse, filth, despair, indifference, rape, slavery, torture, inhumanity, goat humping, pedophilia, pederasty, and lies.


4 posted on 12/06/2021 5:45:25 AM PST by MercyFlush (DANGER: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish)
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To: RandFan

So, the cowardly BBC never got around to quoting what got the man killed.


5 posted on 12/06/2021 5:52:05 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Free Republic has gone to hell is a Covid handbasket)
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