Case registered against vandals who attacked place of worship

Policemen deployed outside the site tried to keep away miscreants


Sameer Mandhro February 04, 2023

KARACHI:

A case was registered on Friday against unidentified individuals for attacking a place of worship of a minority community in Karachi.

The incident took place in the jurisdiction of Preedy police station at around 3:30pm on Thursday, when unidentified men, chanting slogans against the Ahmaddiya community, vandalised the worship place.

The place of worship for the minority community, Ahmadiyya Hall, was built in the 1950s according to community members.

A video of the incident, circulated widely on social media, showed that the policemen deployed outside the site tried to keep away the miscreants but were unable to control the charged mob.

SHO Preedy Sajjad Khan told said that the miscreants also attacked the policemen.

A spokesperson for the Ahmaddiya community, while speaking to The Express Tribune, condemned the incident and lamented that the police failed to control the attackers. He maintained that recently, worship places belonging to his community were being targeted across Pakistan.

Mehmood added that another worship place located on Martin Road was vandalized on January 18. "A case was registered but no one was arrested," he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 4th, 2023.

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