It was around 10.30pm on Monday night and the nine-member Akhlaq family had been preparing to go to bed after dinner.
Mohammad Akhlaq, a farm worker, was already asleep in a room next to his 22-year-old son, Danish, when a frenzied mob, wielding sticks, swords and cheap pistols burst into their home, accusing the family of having slaughtered a cow and consuming it.
"They came from everywhere. Over the walls, through the gate...They just barged into the house, shouting that we had slaughtered a cow," says his 75-year-old mother, Asghari Akhlaq.
"I asked them how can we bring a cow into the house without anyone seeing? We are the only Muslim family in this neighbourhood."
Some meat found in the fridge, that the family insists is mutton, was held to be proof. Full story...
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Mohammad Akhlaq, a farm worker, was already asleep in a room next to his 22-year-old son, Danish, when a frenzied mob, wielding sticks, swords and cheap pistols burst into their home, accusing the family of having slaughtered a cow and consuming it.
"They came from everywhere. Over the walls, through the gate...They just barged into the house, shouting that we had slaughtered a cow," says his 75-year-old mother, Asghari Akhlaq.
"I asked them how can we bring a cow into the house without anyone seeing? We are the only Muslim family in this neighbourhood."
Some meat found in the fridge, that the family insists is mutton, was held to be proof. Full story...
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