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Friday, November 7, 2014

Pakistani Christian couple locked in a factory and beaten to death for throwing out a dead relative's Koran

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A photo of the Christian couple Shama Bibi (left) and Shehzad Masih, who were murdered in Pakistan after a mob accused them of desecrating a copy of the Koran

  • Christian couple were locked in factory after boss thought they'd flee debts
  • A mob then beat them and threw them onto a brick kiln, witnesses said
  • Relatives claim the couple were working in indentured servitude
  • Killing latest example of mob violence against minorities in Muslim Pakistan
  • Koran was desecrated day before the attack and mob blamed the couple 
  • Police boosted security in Christian neighbourhoods after attack