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Christian boy tortured, murdered in Pakistan
August 24, 2012
Samuel Yaqoob, an 11-year-old Christian boy from an impoverished family, has been brutally tortured and murdered in the eastern Pakistani province of Punjab.
“We neither received any phone call for ransom, nor were we told that Samuel had committed blasphemy,” said his mother.
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Further information:
- Christian boy tortured and killed in Pakistan (The Telegraph)
- Pak Christian boy's body found with torture marks (Indian Express)
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