GUJRANWALA: Three of the same family including one woman and two minors were killed and several others were injured when an angry mob set a house on fire in Arafat Colony, Gujranwala.
According to details, the clash started when an Ahmadi, Saqib s/o Ahmad Din, allegedly shared a blasphemous picture with Ejaz on Facebook.
Ejaz along with Zakariya s/o Imam Jama Masjid Sadiqia Qari Muhammad Hakim and others gathered outside Saqib’s house to protest.
However, Ahmadis belonging to the community had gathered at a Dr Sohail’s house at the time. The angry mob attempted to raid the doctor’s house in search of Saqib when, according to Ejaz, people inside the house opened fire on them, injuring Zakariya.
After that the angry mob set one house on fire, due to which Bashira Bibi, 30, and two minors including eight-month-old Hira, and five-year-old Kainat, died of suffocation, while seven others, including two women were injured as they locked themselves up in their houses.
The injured have been transferred District Hospital Gujranwala. SHO Peoples Colony Station Malik Asghar has confirmed three casualties.
No arrest has been made till the filing of this report.