Mob Kills Man in Police Station in Pakistan, Hangs His Body, Alleging That He Desecrated Holy Quran

A man was killed by an angry mob inside a police station for allegedly desecrating the Holy Quran in the Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwest Pakistan. Eight persons were injured in the violence.

It was alleged that this victim from Sialkot district allegedly burnt some pages of the Holy Quran in Madyan tehsil of Swat district on Thursday night.

The man was arrested and brought to Madyan police station. A mob gathered outside the police station demanding the man to be handed over to them. When police refused, the mob opened fire and the police retaliated. One person was seriously injured in the exchange of fire.

The mob then set the police station on fire and shot the man inside the police station. Then they dragged his body to Madyan Adda and hanged it there.