Police arrest three suspects in Punjab including Sufi shrine’s custodian after attack by men wielding batons and knivesTwenty people were hacked and clubbed to death after being tortured in a Pakistani shrine early on Sunday,according to local officials. The custodian of a Pakistani religious shrine and two accomplices beget been arrested for the murder of 20 worshippers with knives and clubs, police beget said.
Officials said the custodian gave the worshippers intoxicants before killing them with knives and batons. Some of the victims are reported to beget been found naked. The worshippers, and followers of a local Sufi leader who died two years ago,were accustomed to seeking spiritual cleansing by removing their clothes. Related: Survivors of Pakistan shrine attack record deadly blast Related: Amjad Sabri: Pakistani Sufi singer shot dead in Karachi Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com