Pakistan church fires: 23 accused

Police have accused 23 people of arson and damaging property in the torching of two churches during a protest about the burning of Islam’s holy book in a southern city, an official said today.

A Christian rights group condemned the attacks yesterday in the city of Sukkur, where about 400 people rallied after a Christian man was accused of burning pages from the Koran. The crowd ransacked the empty churches and set them ablaze.