Pakistani man accused of blasphemy shot dead by teen in jail

A 65 year old Pakistani man, accused of Blasphemy, was killed by a teenager, who walked into a police station and shot him dead.

The man belonging to a minority community was accused of blasphemy in a Punjab village and was in police custody when the incident occurred.

Saleemud Din, a spokesman for the Ahmadi community said that the victim, Khalil Ahmad, and three other Ahmadis had asked a shopkeeper in their village Sharaqpur - about 55 km (33 miles) northwest of the Punjab capital, Lahore - earlier this week to remove inflammatory stickers denouncing their community, the Dawn reports.

However, the shopkeeper in turn filed blasphemy charges against the four men on May 12.

Din said that the police told him that the teenager- a high school student- has been arrested, adding that hate campaign carried out against the group by the mullahs is increasing, the report adds.