On 12 February 2022, Mushtaq Ahmed was killed by a mob in Punjab, Pakistan, after being accused of blasphemy.
[1] Some people who were accused of blasphemy were lynched, most recently 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] On the evening of 12 February 2022, in Tulamba, Mian Channu Tehsil, Khanewal District, Punjab, Pakistan, Mushtaq Ahmed was accused by the custodian of a mosque of burning a Quran inside the building.
[1][2] A mob beat the 41-year-old mentally ill man to death using batons, axes and iron rods, and hanged him on a tree.