Dozens held in Pakistan
Up to 120 people have been arrested in Pakistan after a Sri Lankan factory manager was beaten to death and set ablaze by a mob who accused him of blasphemy, officials said yesterday.
The vigilante attack has caused outrage, with Prime Minister Imran Khan calling it a "day of shame for Pakistan".
The incident took place on Friday in Sialkot, a district in central Punjab province, about 200 kilometres southeast of Islamabad. Zulfiqar Ali, a police official in the area, told AFP: "Rumour spread in the factory that the manager had torn down a religious poster and thrown it in the dustbin."
Police spokesman Khurram Shehzad said up to 120 people had been arrested, including one of the main accused.
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