A woman and her two minor grand- daughters were killed when an angry mob set alight several houses, shops in Pakistan’s Punjab province belonging to the minority Ahmadi sect in riots that followed the alleged posting of blasphemous content on Facebook.
The violence erupted on Sunday in the city of Gujranwala, about 80 kilometres from lahore, after claims that a Ahmadi youth, 17, had posted a photo containing blasphemous content, said Amir Mahmood, an office-bearer of the Ahmadi community. After the news spread about the incident, a large number of people, armed with sticks marched towards the residence of the youth in Katchi Pump locality.