Mob mistakes shopkeeper as terrorist, burns him to death

Mar 16, 2015

Hafiz Naeem, a resident of Kasur, was captured by furious mob during the protest and mistook him as terrorist. The mob subsequently subjected Naeem, who was professionally a shopkeeper, to serious smashing and burned him to death.

Naeem’s brother approached the police station in Nashtar Colony and submitted plea to register a case. While a victim’s friend Rana Muhammad Abbas has termed government responsible for killing of Naeem.

Police said the case would be filed once the investigation was completed.

Suicide bombings outside two churches in Lahore killed 14 people and wounded nearly 80 others during services on Sunday in attacks claimed by a faction of the Pakistani Taliban