On Sunday, November 28, a murderous Muslim mob launched targeted attacks on the Mandani police station and set it on fire. Several checkposts were also reportedly burned down, and over thirty cars that were parked outside the police station were set ablaze.

The incident took place in Charsadda in Peshawar of Pakhtunkhwa province.

While some claim that it was a hundreds-strong-mob, other reports suggest that a crowd of 5000 attackers was at the spot when the police station was set on fire. Officers state that a mentally challenged man, accused of dishonoring the Quran, was in police custody. The mob demanded that the man be handed over to them. When the officials refused to do so, the mob resorted to violence.

A police official, Asif Khan, has confirmed that although there have not been any casualties in this attack, the police were compelled to deploy armed forces in order to restore normalcy in the area. Police have further informed the public that the mob had tried to lynch the accused, but the police succeeded in saving him by transferring him to a different district. In light of the unsettling law and order situation in the district, police have not released any details about the man who has been accused of blasphemy or the complaint lodged against him.

One detail, however, did come to light. “Apparently, the accused is mentally unstable and he cannot speak,” police officials have revealed. How can a man who cannot even speak and has no ability to think rationally insult the Islamic holy book?

Reportedly, though the police initially tried to resist the crowd, as the agitated mob increased to a sizable number, with more protestors continuously joining in, the violence intensified, and they had to flee to save themselves.

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