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Pakistan nabs 50 men in weekend killing of blasphemy suspect

A police officer examines the damaged area of police station in Warburton, an area of district Nankana, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. Hundreds of Muslims descended on a police station in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Saturday, snatched Waris, a blasphemy suspect from his cell and took him outside and lynched him, police said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Zahid Hashmi gestures toward the house of Waris, a blasphemy suspect who was lunched by an angry mob, in Warburton, an area of district Nankana, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. Hundreds of Muslims descended on a police station in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province Saturday, snatched Waris, a blasphemy suspect from his cell and took him outside and lynched him, police said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Police officers gather outside a police station, in Warburton, an area of district Nankana, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. Hundreds of Muslims descended on a police station in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Saturday, snatched Waris, a blasphemy suspect from his cell and took him outside and lynched him, police said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

A damaged area of police station in Warburton, an area of district Nankana, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. Hundreds of Muslims descended on a police station in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Saturday, snatched Waris, a blasphemy suspect from his cell and took him outside and lynched him, police said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan nabs 50 men in weekend killing of blasphemy suspect