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One dead in Pakistan Koran protest: officials
by AFP
Google News
June 18, 2012
https://www.legal-project.org/2684/one-dead-in-pakistan-koran-protest-officials
Excerpt:
QUETTA, Pakistan — A mob attacked a police station in Pakistan on Saturday demanding a man detained for allegedly desecrating the Koran be handed over, leaving one person dead and 19 with gunshot wounds.
Violence erupted after police arrested a "mentally retarded" man said to have burnt pages of the Muslim holy book in Kuchlak, about 16 kilometres (10 miles) north of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, senior administration official Qambar Dashti told AFP.
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