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8 Pakistanis charged for killing student journalist
A court in Pakistan has charged eight suspects accused of killing a fellow university student over allegations of blasphemy.
The eight suspects were charged with murder and “terrorism”, after killing their victim Mashal Khan, a journalism student.
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“Eight students were presented before an anti-terrorism court in Mardan over murder and challenging the writ of the state,” public prosecutor Rafiullah Khan told newsmen.
In the incident, Khan was stripped, beaten, shot and thrown from the second floor of his dorm at the Abdul Wali Khan university in the northwestern town of Mardan on Thursday by a large group of people.
Two other students were also wounded in the violent attack after being accused of committing blasphemy against Islam.
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