LAHORE: A 14-year-old madrassa student accused of speaking against Prophet Muhammad's companions stabbed a man from the Shia minority Muslim community to death in Pakistan's Punjab province, police said on Monday, the second blasphemy-related killing in the country. Is. In four days.
The incident took place on Sunday in Kunjah, Gujarat, about 170 km from Lahore.
The minor madrassa student stabbed 55-year-old Nazir Hussain Shah to death after being instigated by his father and uncle's comments, a senior police officer said. The boy's father, a prayer leader at a Sunni mosque, and his uncle had told him that the Shah often spoke against the Prophet's companions.
The police officer said, "Inspired by the words of his father and uncle, the angry teenager took a knife from his home and confronted Shah on Sunday afternoon, stabbing him multiple times and killing him on the spot. The boy then Fleeed the scene." Said.
He said that a police team has been formed to arrest the boy.
A case has been registered against the father and uncle under various sections of the Pakistan Penal Code.
The incident came just two days after an angry mob in the picturesque Pakistani city of Swat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday shot dead a tourist, dragged him across the city and later charged him with insulting the Quran. He was hanged in public. The 40-year-old victim, Muhammad Ismail, was accused of burning pages of Islam's holy book.
The incident took place on Sunday in Kunjah, Gujarat, about 170 km from Lahore.
The minor madrassa student stabbed 55-year-old Nazir Hussain Shah to death after being instigated by his father and uncle's comments, a senior police officer said. The boy's father, a prayer leader at a Sunni mosque, and his uncle had told him that the Shah often spoke against the Prophet's companions.
The police officer said, "Inspired by the words of his father and uncle, the angry teenager took a knife from his home and confronted Shah on Sunday afternoon, stabbing him multiple times and killing him on the spot. The boy then Fleeed the scene." Said.
He said that a police team has been formed to arrest the boy.
A case has been registered against the father and uncle under various sections of the Pakistan Penal Code.
The incident came just two days after an angry mob in the picturesque Pakistani city of Swat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday shot dead a tourist, dragged him across the city and later charged him with insulting the Quran. He was hanged in public. The 40-year-old victim, Muhammad Ismail, was accused of burning pages of Islam's holy book.
