A Christian couple were beaten and pushed into a burning kiln in eastern Pakistan, a police official said Thursday. They were accused of desecrating the Quran.About 50 people have been arrested in connection with the murder
A local mullah in the village of Radha
Kishan declared the couple were guilty of blasphemy. The woman was Shyman Bibi Urf Shamar and the husband was Sajjad Nasir Zurjah Nazir Nasri. They had two sons and a daughter.
The mob marched to the couple's home, broke down their door, dragged them outside, beat them and threw them into the brick kiln where they both worked.
The Government has accepted to pay about $49,000 as compensation for their deaths and will give the family 10 acres of land.
Desecration of the Quran is punishable by death or life imprisonment under Pakistan's anti-blasphemy law.
A local mullah in the village of Radha
Kishan declared the couple were guilty of blasphemy. The woman was Shyman Bibi Urf Shamar and the husband was Sajjad Nasir Zurjah Nazir Nasri. They had two sons and a daughter.
The mob marched to the couple's home, broke down their door, dragged them outside, beat them and threw them into the brick kiln where they both worked.
The Government has accepted to pay about $49,000 as compensation for their deaths and will give the family 10 acres of land.
Desecration of the Quran is punishable by death or life imprisonment under Pakistan's anti-blasphemy law.
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