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Pakistani court sentences 1 to death for lynching student
Updated On: 08 February, 2018 08:28 AM IST | Islamabad | IANS
A Pakistan court on Wednesday sentenced one person to death and another 30 to between 4-25 years of imprisonment for lynching a student over accusations of blasphemy
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A Pakistan court on Wednesday sentenced one person to death and another 30 to between 4-25 years of imprisonment for lynching a student over accusations of blasphemy. Imran Ali, who had pleaded guilty to shooting Mashal Khan in April after he was lynched by a group of students, was handed the death penalty and was also ordered to pay a fine of 150,000 Pakistani rupees ($1,355). Another five people were sentenced to 25 years in prison, and another 25 to four years in prison.
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