Pakistani police arrest 129 Muslims after mob attacks Christian churches

Youngsters look at a church vandalised by an angry Muslim mob in Jaranwala near Faisalabad, Pakistan (K M Chaudary/AP)

Police arrested more than 100 Muslims in overnight raids from an area in eastern Pakistan where a Muslim mob attacked churches and homes of minority Christians, prompting authorities to summon troops to restore order, officials said on Thursday.

The attack by the mob was prompted by the alleged desecration of the Koran by a Christian man.