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| Paki Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region tourism wake-up call |
| 2024-06-22 |
| [Gateway] A 36-year-old tourist was brutally lynched and his body set on fire by an enraged mob in Madyan, a town in Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The incident, as reported by Al Jazeera, occurred following allegations that the man had desecrated the Quran, Islam’s holy book. According to Swat police officials, the man was accused of "insulting the Quran." The specifics of his alleged actions remain unclear. "Our police team reached the main market in Madyan to arrest the man and took him to the police station, but the crowd demanded to have him handed over," a police official told Al Jazeera. The situation escalated when hundreds gathered outside the Madyan police station where the man was held. The mob attacked the premises, dragged out the man, and killed him. A police source at central Swat police headquarters stated that the man had been "tortured to death". A horrifying video on social media shows a large crowd chanting religious slogans around a burning body. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 All it takes is one person to point at you and yell the magic words, and that’s all it takes. |
| Posted by: Ululating Platypus 2024-06-22 11:56 |
| #5 The specifics of his alleged actions remain unclear. Gotta wipe with something. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-06-22 09:08 |
| #4 Why would a non-Muslim think of going to any Muslim country? |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2024-06-22 08:50 |
| #3 In North Carolina tourists can enjoy a pig roast. In the SWAT region of Pakistan tourists can experience a pig roast from another perspective. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-06-22 08:43 |
| #2 Going on vacation to a place where mobs torture you to death seems to be a bad choice. Why not just go stay at the Bates Motel? Maybe Mexicali? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-06-22 07:41 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-06-22 05:08 |