Thousands Set Fire to Christian Neighborhood -- Photos
Talia Ralph reports at GlobalPost:
The Christian neighborhood of Joseph Colony in Lahore, Pakistan was attacked on Saturday after a Christian sanitation worker allegedly blasphemed the Prophet Mohammed.
Several thousand people armed with batons and pistols set fire to houses and churches on Saturday morning, according to the New York Times.
178 houses, 18 shops and 2 churches were damaged by fires, the Times reported.
Several policemen were hurt as they tried to intervene.
The attackers "vandalized Christians' houses, desecrated churches and opened fire on the police," according to a police spokesman named Multan Khan, reports GlobalPost report.
Update: Here are 3 photos -- photo, photo, photo.
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