Christians, police clash in Pakistan

LAHORE, Pakistan
(AP) — Hundreds of Christians protesting the burning of their homes
by a Muslim mob over alleged blasphemous remarks made against the
Islam’s Prophet Muhammad clashed with police on Sunday in eastern and
southern Pakistan.

Around 150 people have been
arrested for setting dozens of Christian houses on fire in the eastern
city of Lahore after a non-Muslim was accused of making offensive
comments about the prophet, police said.

Christians
across the country rallied against the incident, but the main
demonstrations were in Lahore, the southern port city of Karachi, the
capital, Islamabad, and the adjoining city of Rawalpindi.

The
Christian demonstrators blocked a main highway in Lahore and police
fired tear gas shells to disperse the protesters who demanded assistance
from the government, said police official Malik Awais. He said the
protesters damaged several vehicles, uprooted a fence along the road and
burned an electricity generator.

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