Many workers fled the factory complex
An angry mob set ablaze a factory owned by members of the Ahmadiyya community in Jhelum on Friday.
According to sources, the mob attacked the factory after accusing one person who worked there of committing blasphemy.
There were people trapped inside.
Many workers fled the factory complex, which contains a residential area, with their families, sources said. But some workers were reportedly still inside the factory when it was set on fire.
The mob, meanwhile, continued to block GT Road in protest. Police were unable to disperse the protesters despite using tear gas and Rangers had to be called in for support.
Because of a claim that someone committed “blasphemy” – for that it’s worth torching a factory with people inside.
Talking to The Express Tribune, a Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya spokesperson said three Ahmadis were arrested without reason. The spokesman added that he wasn’t sure as to whether those trapped inside the factory had been rescued.
I would like to know if those people got out alive and unhurt.
And the thing that gets me is they are willing to kill so many for what? Working with a blasphemer? I mean, first off, blasphemy shouldn’t be a crime, yes, but secondly, who holds person B responsible for person A’s behavior when the only thing they have in common is where they collect their paycheck?