Power Of Mob: Bus set ablaze after killing of minor

FAISALABAD: A charged mob set a passenger bus on fire after it crushed to death a teenager cyclist at Narwala Road here on Saturday evening. According to the police, cyclist Rizwan, son of Maqbool was crossing Narwala Road when a speeding passenger bus hit him. As a result, the teenager received serious injuries and died on the spot while the bus drivers managed to flee from the scene. Area people as well as relatives of Rizwan gathered around there and staged a protest against the killing of a minor. They blocked Narwala Road and set the bus ablaze after damaging it.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 13^th, 2011.