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Mashal Khan case: Death sentence for Pakistan 'blasphemy' murder
Source: BBC
Mashal Khan case: Death sentence for Pakistan 'blasphemy' murder
7 February 2018
A Pakistani court has sentenced one man to death and handed life terms to five others for murdering a student who was falsely accused of blasphemy.
Twenty-five others were convicted of lesser offences in the case and 26 people were acquitted.
Mashal Khan was dragged out of his university accommodation in north-west Pakistan in April 2017 by a crowd of hundreds of his fellow students.
He was badly beaten before being shot and his body mutilated.
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7 February 2018
A Pakistani court has sentenced one man to death and handed life terms to five others for murdering a student who was falsely accused of blasphemy.
Twenty-five others were convicted of lesser offences in the case and 26 people were acquitted.
Mashal Khan was dragged out of his university accommodation in north-west Pakistan in April 2017 by a crowd of hundreds of his fellow students.
He was badly beaten before being shot and his body mutilated.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42970587