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2 men get lifer over student killing in Pakistan

A court in northwestern Pakistan has sentenced to life imprisonment two men convicted of involvement in the killing of Mashal Khan, a university student who was beaten and then fatally shot by a mob in 2017 after being falsely accused of blasphemy.

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Published : Mar 21, 2019, 7:56 PM IST

2 men get lifer over student killing in Pakistan

Accused men being escorted by police

Peshawar: Two men were sentenced to life imprisonment by a Pakistani court after they were found guilty of involvement in the killing of a university student, Mashal Khan.

Accused men being escorted by police

23-year-old Mashal was beaten and then fatally shot by a mob in 2017 after being falsely accused of blasphemy.

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The two men - Arif Khan, a local leader of Pakistan's ruling party led by former cricket star Imran Khan and Asad Khan - were in court in Peshawar for the sentencing.

Initially 61 people were charged with a variety of offences and 57 people were handed varying sentences in the case, out of them many are appealing the verdicts.

The death of Mashal was caught on video that later circulated on social media.

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Peshawar: Two men were sentenced to life imprisonment by a Pakistani court after they were found guilty of involvement in the killing of a university student, Mashal Khan.

Accused men being escorted by police

23-year-old Mashal was beaten and then fatally shot by a mob in 2017 after being falsely accused of blasphemy.

Also Read:World may witness millions of premature deaths by 2050: UN report

The two men - Arif Khan, a local leader of Pakistan's ruling party led by former cricket star Imran Khan and Asad Khan - were in court in Peshawar for the sentencing.

Initially 61 people were charged with a variety of offences and 57 people were handed varying sentences in the case, out of them many are appealing the verdicts.

The death of Mashal was caught on video that later circulated on social media.

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Peshawar – 21 March 2019
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1. Accused, Arif Khan, Asad Khan, Azhar Ullah and Saber arrive at court
2. Security outside courtroom
3. Accused men being escorted by police
4. Security outside judicial complex
5. Various of the accused men walking to courtroom
6. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Mumtaz Ahmed, Lawyer for Mashal Khan:
"The trial concluded today, the verdict has been announced. Two men, Azhar Ullah and Saber, acquitted. And Asad Khan and local leader Arif Khan were sentenced to life imprisonment."
7. Security outside judicial complex
STORYLINE:
A court in northwestern Pakistan has sentenced to life imprisonment two men convicted of involvement in the killing of Mashal Khan, a university student who was beaten and then fatally shot by a mob in 2017 after being falsely accused of blasphemy.
The two men — Arif Khan, a local leader of Pakistan's ruling party led by former cricket star Imran Khan, and Asad Khan — were in court in Peshawar for the sentencing.
The death of the 23-year-old Mashal was caught on video that later circulated on social media.
Initially 61 people were charged with a variety of offences and 57 people were handed varying sentences in the case.
Many are appealing the verdicts.
It wasn't immediately known if the two men sentenced on Thursday would also appeal.
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