- Author, Malu Cursino
- Role, BBC News
A tourist has been dragged from a police station and killed by a mob in north-west Pakistan after being accused of blasphemy.
The police had been attempting to protect the man from the large group in the town of Madyan, a town in Swat district.
The mob had gathered after the man was accused of desecrating the Quran, Islam’s holy book, on Thursday.
Lynchings are not uncommon after an accusation of blasphemy, which is punishable by death in Pakistan.
A Christian man was attacked last month after being accused of burning pages of the Quran, dying shortly afterwards.
Video of this latest incident has prompted outrage on social media in Pakistan. Footage…