A Pakistani court on Wednesday remanded 47 Christians in police custody for 10 days for allegedly lynching two Muslim youths after Taliban suicide bombers attacked two packed churches in Pakistan's biggest Christian colony here last month, killing 17 people.
Police produced the accused before lahore's Anti-Terrorism Court-III Judge Haroon latif and sought extension to the physical remand of 22 accused and fresh remand of the 25 arrested and identified during the investigation parade held at Kot lakhpat Jail. The judge remanded all the 47 accused in police custody till May 8.
In one of the worst attacks on the minority community in the country, two suicide bombers on March 15 blew themselves up during the Sunday mass at the gates of twin churches in Youhanabad, the largest Christian dwelling in the country, killing 17 people and injuring over 80 others.