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Pakistani court sentences six men to death for lynching Sri Lankan
A mob of factory employees tortured and burned the manager in December last year over accusations of blasphemy
A Pakistani court sentenced six men to death on Monday for lynching the Sri Lankan manager of a factory in eastern Pakistan last year, the case's public prosecutor said.
The Anti-Terrorism Court gave life sentences to seven others, while 67 people were sentenced to two years each for involvement in the lynching, he said, declining to be named.
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