In a highly biased legal system where Christians are normally denied fair trials, the family of a Christian youth killed by police may actually receive justice. Six officers were charged with murder after they dragged Arslan Masih out of his schoolroom, intent on revenge. He had successfully fought a Muslim boy who had been bullying him, and one officer, the boy’s uncle, found it unacceptable that Arslan had stood up to his nephew. Arslan was regularly bullied and in this instance fought in an attempt to stop the daily torment and attempts to convert him to Islam. He is not the first Christian to have died in Pakistan’s police custody, but it is the first time it has happened with many witnesses.
Pakistan: policemen charged with murdering a Christian schoolboy
Written by David Fletcher 27 Oct 2017Additional Info
- Pray: for justice to be done in the forthcoming trial. Pray for progressive changes to policing structures and monitoring, particularly for minorities and minors. (Psalm 51:6)
- More: www.britishpakistanichristians.org/blog/murdering-police-officers-arrested-and-charged-with-murder-for-killing-christian-school-boy