Pakistani policeman accused of killing man acquitted of blasphemy


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  • Saturday, 03 Jul 2021

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani police constable has been arrested over the murder of a man who was acquitted of blasphemy charges last year, a police spokesman said.

Ahmed Nawaz told Reuters that Muhammad Waqas was hacked to death on Friday in the central Pakistani district of Sadiqabad.

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