Pakistani Court Sentence 88 For Lynching
On Monday, a Pakistani court sentenced six men to death and dozens more to prison terms ranging from two years to life for the slaying of a Sri Lankan factory manager.
The December 3 attack in the city of Sialkot caused outrage when a vigilante mob lynched Priyantha Diyawadana, who was accused of blasphemy.
Then-Prime Minister Imran Khan called it a “day of shame for Pakistan.”
Few issues are as galvanizing in Pakistan as blasphemy.
Even the slightest suggestion of an insult to Islam can incite protests and lynchings.
Prosecutors said 88 of 89 people on trial for Diyawadana’s murder had been convicted.
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