The protesters said the man deserved death for blasphemy and demanded police hand him over to them, he added. He said 19 people, including eight policemen, were wounded.
Source/Credit: Daily Times | Pakistan
By DT Staff | June 17, 2012
QUETTA: At least three people were killed and several others injured when protesters went on rampage over the alleged desecration of the holy Quran in Kuchlak area of Balochistan.
A large number of protesters set a police station and five vehicles on fire as news of the alleged desecration spread in the area.
Violence erupted after police arrested a “mentally retarded” man said to have burnt pages of the holy book, senior administration official Qambar Dashti told AFP.
“Chanting the man should be killed for blasphemy, they later entered the police station and started firing,” he said, adding that a senior police officer narrowly escaped while his police guard was wounded in the shooting.
Police fired teargas shells and opened fire in self-defence, Quetta police chief Qazi Wajid said.
The protesters said the man deserved death for blasphemy and demanded police hand him over to them, he added.
He said 19 people, including eight policemen, were wounded.
“The man appeared to be mentally retarded, we have taken him into custody and ordered an investigation,” Wajid said, adding that control had been restored.
-- Agencies
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