Dozens of houses torched as mob attacks Christian neighborhood in Pakistan

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Dozens of houses torched as mob attacks Lahore Christian locality

LAHORE: An enraged mob torched dozens of houses located in a Christian-dominated neighbourhood of Lahore on Saturday, DawnNews reported.

The mob attacked the houses in Joseph Colony in Badami Bagh police precincts in the provincial capital following allegations of blasphemy against a Christian man. The man was booked under Section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

It appeared that the man had been falsely accused of blasphemy but the police was forced to register a case to placate the mob, a local police official said.

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Police officer Multan Khan said the incident started Friday when a young Muslim man accused the Christian man of committing blasphemy.

A large crowd from a nearby mosque went to the Christian man’s home on Friday night and Khan said police took the man into custody to try to pacify the crowd.

Fearing for their safety, hundreds of Christian families fled the area overnight.

Khan said the mob returned on Saturday and began ransacking Christian homes and setting them on fire.

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Police baton-charged the protesters to disperse them from the neighbourhood. There was no loss of life reported during the violence but 20 policemen were slightly injured during clashes, officials said.

Private Pakistani TV channels showed footage of violence from the scene as many masked members of the mob damaged or burned down households.

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf have both ordered an investigation into the violence.

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Clearly a very very tiny minority of the religion of peace and love acted up again. probably a Israeli plot to make Palestinians look bad.

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Clearly a very very tiny minority of the religion of peace and love acted up again. probably a Israeli plot to make Palestinians look bad.

This has nothing to do with Palestine. Stop trying to get youknowho's attention.

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I am surprised that the police stood up to protect them and were even injuried.

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I am surprised that the police stood up to protect them and were even injuried.

Pakistan is slowly turning against their own Saudi-funded savages.

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Pakistan is slowly turning against their own Saudi-funded savages.

Most people are turned off against extremism