Three armed women wearing burqas fired and killed a man accusing him of committing blasphemy thirteen years ago.
According to police, the incident happened in Nangal Mirza village, Pasrur tehsil of Sialkot. The police detained three of the suspects involved in firing the man to death. The three arrested women have been identified as Amna, Razia and Afshan.
The sources further said, the armed women went to the house of Mazhar Hussain Syed and asked him to pray for them. Mazhar is a ‘faith healer’. later The women inquired about his son Fazal Abbas, whether he had come back from Belgium or not. When Mazhar informed them about his return, they asked to meet him. As soon as Fazal Abbas appeared in front of them, they fired at him to death.
The women had brought the guns with them secretly. Mazhar and his son were unaware about the three women being armed.
After killing him, the armed women celebrated his death with slogans that they had successfully killed a blasphemer.
The detained women told the police that Fazal Abbas had committed the act of blasphemy in 2004,but at that time they were too young to kill him that’s why they killed the ‘alleged blasphemer’ after thirteen years.
The policed confirmed that a cased had been registered against Fazal Abbas in 2004, but he ran away from Pakistan that’s he could not be arrested.
The deceased body was taken to Pasrur civil hospital for further investigations.
