20 Christians Arrested For Attacking 2 Muslim Men Whom They Believe Bombed Churches
20 Christians indicted for taking the law into their hands and lynching two innocent Muslims
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TWENTY Christian men have been indicted by a Pakistani high court in Lahore for taking the law into their hands and lynching two Muslim men after deadly bomb attacks on two churches earlier this year.
Since the fall of the Taliban, extremist Pakistani Muslims have been mounting terror attacks on schools and places of worship across the country.
Earlier this year, they blew up two churches in Lahore and in a bitter reprisal, Christian youths took to the streets, lynching two Muslim suspects.
In March this year, a mob of enraged Christians lynched two Muslims after two Taliban suicide bombers blew themselves up outside two churches in Lahore, killing more than a dozen people.
Police officer Iqbal Shah, who is investigating the case, said an anti-terror judge in the eastern city of Lahore, deferred the indictment of another 20 Christians and one Muslim man.
Although the mob accused the men of aiding the bombers, an investigation later found they did not have any links to the Taliban.
Following the attack, more than three dozen Christian men and a Muslim who were identified on television and smart-phone video footage, were arrested and charged on four counts, including terrorism.
According to officer Shah, the remaining 21 suspects escaped indictment because their lawyers did not show up. He added that they were expected to be charged at the next hearing and the police hope anyone found guilty will be punished.
