A US Citizen On Trial in Pakistan For Calling Himself a Prophet Was Shot Dead ...
(WorldNews Pakistan)

A 47-year-old man died after being shot six times in a district court in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. The incident took place on July 29. Tahir Ahmad Naseem was accused of having committed blasphemy by claiming to be a prophet. He had been in police custody since 2018 under Pakistan’s hardline and colonial blasphemy laws. Naseem was identified by the US State Department as a US citizen on July 30. The incident took place when Naseem was at his trial hearing on Wednesday morning. The attacker was arrested at the scene and...