The fatal shooting happened inside a highly protected police station in Quetta, the provincial capital of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province.
The incident occurred after the victim, a Muslim hotel owner identified as Abdul Ali, was arrested for reportedly making derogatory statements against the Prophet Muhammad.
Muhammad Baloch, the senior police superintendent in Quetta, said authorities arrested the policeman involved in the shooting and filed a murder case against him.
On September 11th, witnesses said that an angry mob of dozens of residents quickly surrounded the police detention facility when Ali was held in the Kharotabad neighborhood and demanded the authorities hand over Ali to them so that they could kill them.
Muhammad Baloch, the senior police superintendent in Quetta, said authorities arrested the policeman involved in the shooting and filed a murder case against him.
On September 11th, witnesses said that an angry mob of dozens of residents quickly surrounded the police detention facility when Ali was held in the Kharotabad neighborhood and demanded the authorities hand over Ali to them so that they could kill them.
Police reported that the protesters even threw a grenade at the building, though the resulting blast did not cause any injuries. They said the mob violence forced them to transfer Ali to the police station in the central garrison area in Quetta, where Ali was fatally shot and killed “inside the lockup by an on-duty policeman.”
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