Pakistani mob kills Sri Lankan over alleged blasphemy

Police officers stand guard at the site where a Sri Lankan citizen lynched by Muslim mob outside a factory in Sialkot, Pakistan, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. A Muslim mob attacked a sports equipment factory in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province on Friday, killing a Sri Lankan over allegations of blasphemy, police said. (AP Photo/Shahid Akram)

A mob has descended on a sports equipment factory in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, killing a Sri Lankan man and burning his body publicly over allegations of blasphemy, police said.

Armagan Gondal, a police chief in the district of Sialkot, said Muslim factory workers had accused the victim of desecrating posters bearing the name of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.