Lynching of Mushtaq Ahmed

Priyantha Kumara in Sialkot, Punjab, on 3 December 2021.^[1][2] International and national human rights groups say that blasphemy accusations have often been used to intimidate religious minorities.^[1][2]

mentally ill man to death using batons, axes and iron rods, and hanged him on a tree.^[1][2] The police, who were greatly outnumbered by the mob, failed in an attempt to arrest Ahmed.^[1] Three police officers were injured; the force arrested about 80 men in connection with the killing.^[1][2] Ahmed's funeral was held on 13 February.^[2]