Pakistan Arrests 129 Muslims After Mob Attacks on Churches and Homes of Minority Christians

Pakistan Arrests 129 Muslims After Mob Attacks on Churches and Homes of Minority Christians
A Christian man looks at a home vandalized by an angry Muslim mob in Jaranwala in the Faisalabad district, Pakistan, on Aug. 17, 2023. K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo
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JARANWALA, Pakistan—Police arrested 129 Muslims after a mob angered by an alleged Quran desecration attacked a dozen churches and nearly two dozen homes of minority Christians, officials said Thursday. Police also arrested two Christian men accused of defacing the Quran.

The alleged desecration set off a violent rampage Wednesday in Jaranwala, causing Christians to flee to safer places in the eastern city as the mob inflicted one of the country’s most destructive attacks on Christians.