{"id":147490,"date":"2023-02-14T19:30:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=147490"},"modified":"2023-02-14T19:30:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T14:00:27","slug":"muslim-man-lynched-for-blasphemy-in-pak-rw-twitter-users-claim-he-was-a-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/muslim-man-lynched-for-blasphemy-in-pak-rw-twitter-users-claim-he-was-a-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim man lynched for blasphemy in Pak, RW Twitter users claim he was a Christian"},"content":{"rendered":"

[The following story contains descriptions of violence and graphic videos.]\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Saturday, February 11, a mob attacked a police station in Nankana Sahib, in Pakistan\u2019s Punjab province. The crowd entered the premises, grabbed an alleged blasphemy suspect in his cell, took him outside and lynched him.<\/p>\n

A video of the mob breaking into the police station was tweeted by Pakistani multimedia journalist Shiraz Hassan. Shiraz wrote, “Total madness!!! An angry mob attacked the police station in Nankana Sahib. Reportedly an accused of blasphemy was killed and body burnt by the mob. Apparently police was unable to control the situation.”<\/p>\n

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Total madness!!! An angry mob attacked the police station in Nankana Sahib. Reportedly an accused of blasphemy was killed and body burnt by the mob. Apparently police was unable to control the situation. pic.twitter.com\/1kdNGFmqro<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Shiraz Hassan (@ShirazHassan) February 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Against the backdrop of this incident, many social media personalities shared a video of a mob celebrating while a body can be seen burning. It is being claimed that the video is of the same incident and the victim hailed from the Christian community, who are in minority in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Sharing the video on Twitter, Major Surendra Poonia, a pro-BJP right-wing media personality, wrote<\/a>, “Waris Issa, A Christian arrested on blasphemy charges in Nankana Sahib of Pakistan. Islamic mob attacked Police station, dragged him out on streets & set him on the FIRE with slogan of Allah-o-Akbar.” The tweet can be viewed by clicking on this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Khalid Umar<\/a>, a Twitter Blue subscriber, shared the same clip<\/a> and made a claim along similar lines i.e., a Christian individual was lynched by the mob.<\/p>\n

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Others who have shared the clip with similar claims include Swati Goel Sharma<\/a>, Deepa Tivari<\/a> and Palki Aggarwal<\/a>. According to Swati, the victim was a non-Muslim.<\/p>\n