Faisal Khan, a 15-year-old Pakistani, beams for selfies with lawyers and police. Thousands hail him in the streets as a 'holy warrior.'
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Faisal Khan, a 15-year-old Pakistani, beams for selfies with lawyers and police. Thousands hail him in the streets as a “holy warrior.”
Khan is charged with murder, which also carries a death sentence. But while lawyers line up to defend him, the attorney for Tahir Naseem, the U.S. citizen, has gone into hiding. A senior police official, who said the force had looked the photo, said it was authentic. Reuters could not independently confirm its authenticity.BLASPHEMY
In 2011, the governor of Punjab, Pakistan’s largest province, was killed by his own police guard for offering support to a Christian woman facing blasphemy charges. His killer was tried and awarded the death penalty, but not before thousands rallied for his release and rioted after he was executed.Naseem was born in a village outside Peshawar but had long lived in the United States, according to clerics and locals who knew him.
“On the internet, he kept saying things like, ‘I’m a messiah, or a prophet,’ and that caused great trouble in our village,” Ali said. People chant slogans in favour of a man who, according to the Pakistani police, is suspected of killing U.S. national Tahir Ahmed Naseem during a proceeding at a judicial complex, in a protest rally demanding his release, in Peshawar, Pakistan August 5, 2020. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
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