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Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana’s killers sentenced to death 
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Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana’s killers sentenced to death 

In Pakistan, six men have been sentenced to death for killing a Sri Lankan man accused of blasphemy. In the city of Sialkot, 48-year-old Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, a factory manager, was beaten to death and set ablaze last December. Lynchers of Priyantha Of the 88 people convicted of lynching and death of Priyantha Diyawadana, a life sentence for nine, and the others received sentences ranging from two to five years in jail. When Imran Khan described the incident as "A Day of Shame" for the country, the case shocked the country. Social media videos show Mr. Diyawadana to be dragged from his workplace and beaten to death by the angry crowd. Then they burned his body, and several people in the crowd took selfies with his corpse. The attack on the internet was describes b...
Sialkot Lynching: 40 new suspects identified through videos
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Sialkot Lynching: 40 new suspects identified through videos

Sialkot police says; around 35 key suspects have been arrested for Lynching. Police and other authorities are continuing to identify more suspects through CCTV and mobile data to arrest on charge of sialkot lynching. A key suspect in the horrifying mob lynching in Sialkot Police and law enforcement authorities since the horrifying act in sialkot about mob lynching of a Sri Lankan factory manager are working on identification of suspects. Recently, Sialkot police released information saying that they have identified 40 more suspects. Police is identifying the suspects through CCTV footages, mobile data and biometric attendance system installed inside the factory. According to Sialkot police, around 35 out of 140 key suspects are under custody. Police have obtained a physical rem...