[Times-UK] Zahid Hussain - Hundreds of armed supporters of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an outlawed Islamic militant group, set alight dozens of Christian homes in Gojra in eastern Pakistan at the weekend, burning to death eight members of a Christian family, after allegations that a copy of the Koran had been defiled. The mob opened fire indiscriminately, threw petrol bombs and looted houses as thousands of frightened Christians ran for safety. Residents said that police stood aside while the mob went on the rampage. Shahbaz Bhatti, the Minister for Minorities, said that 40 Christian homes were torched in rioting, and that there was no truth to allegations that a Koran had been burned by Christian youth.
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