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Summary Fearing for their safety, hundreds of Christian families fled the area overnight.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Several houses belonging to the Christian community were vandalised and burnt by a mob in Badami Bagh area of Lahore on Saturday over alleged blasphemy committed by a Christian man.
A police officer saidthat the incident started on Friday when a young Muslim man accused a Christian man of committing blasphemy.
A large crowd from a nearby mosque went to the Christian man s home on Friday night and police took the man into custody to try to pacify the crowd.
Later, the accused was shifted to undisclosed location.
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