Police in southern Pakistan have shot dead a doctor accused of blasphemy, drawing condemnation from human rights groups.
According to a local police chief Dr. Shahnawaz Kanbhar was accidentally killed in a shootout with officers who did not know it was him.
Dr. Kanbhar had gone into hiding on Tuesday after being accused of insulting Islam’s prophet Muhammad and sharing blasphemous content on social media.
He is the second blasphemy suspect in Pakistan to be shot dead in the space of a week.
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