Mob burns murderer

DERA GHAZI KHAN While protesting the murder of Shia leader, Naseem Abbas, an unruly crowd allegedly burnt alive the accused at Chotti Zirin on Thursday. The sources concerned said that tension gripped the city after Hafiz Abdullah, a member of a banned organisation, had allegedly killed Naseem Abbas, at his cloth shop besides injuring two persons including the father of the deceased, Ghulam Rasool, and postmaster Matloob Hussain. Later when Hafiz surrendered himself to police, the relatives of deceased attacked the police station and took him away from custody. In retribution, they set him on fire at the main chowk, killing him on the spot. They also damaged the police vehicles and other official record. However, the law enforcement agencies reached the spot and brought the situation under control.

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