Officials in Pakistan say police have shot dead a blasphemy suspect during an alleged shootout with armed men in the southern province of Sindh, the second such apparent extra-judicial killing in a week, drawing strong condemnation from human rights groups.
KARACHI, Pakistan — Police in southern Pakistan shot dead a blasphemy suspect during an alleged shootout with armed men, officials said Thursday, the second such apparent extra-judicial killing in a week, drawing strong condemnation from human rights groups.
Local police chief Niaz Khoso insisted that Nawaz was “killed just by chance” on Wednesday night when officers signaled two men riding on a motorcycle to stop in Mirpur Khas, a city in the southern Sindh province.He said one of the suspects fled on the motorcycle, while the other was killed. The killing of Nawaz drew strong condemnation from the country’s independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan or HRCH, which said it was “gravely concerned by the alleged extrajudicial killing of two people accused of blasphemy.Islamic State claims responsibility for weekend bombing that killed 2 police officers in Pakistan“This pattern of violence in cases of blasphemy, in which law enforcement personnel are allegedly involved, is an alarming trend,” it said in a statement.
The latest killing comes a week after an officer opened fire inside a police station in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, fatally wounding Syed Khan, another. Khan was arrested on Wednesday after officers rescued him from an enraged mob that claimed he had insulted Islam’s Prophet.However, the tribe and the family of the slain man said they pardoned the officer, saying that Khan hurt the sentiments of Muslims by insulting Islam’s Holy Prophet Muhammad.
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