Christain homes burned - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:55:28 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Christain homes burned - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 100 Christian homes burned by mob in Pakistan https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/03/12/100-christian-homes-burned-by-mob-in-pakistan/ Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:01:08 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=41169 A crowd of about 3000 Muslims has attacked and burned about 100 homes of Christians in Lahore, Pakistan, for a case of alleged blasphemy. The crowd also threw stones and injured several police officers who rushed to the scene to stop the violence. Between 120 and 140 Christian men, women, children were admitted to hospital. Read more

100 Christian homes burned by mob in Pakistan... Read more]]> A crowd of about 3000 Muslims has attacked and burned about 100 homes of Christians in Lahore, Pakistan, for a case of alleged blasphemy.

The crowd also threw stones and injured several police officers who rushed to the scene to stop the violence. Between 120 and 140 Christian men, women, children were admitted to hospital.

Among the wounded was Bishop Akram Gill, of the evangelical Christian community in Pakistan, who tried to stop the violence.

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