15-year-old boy chops off his own hand after being called a blasphemer

19 January 2016 - 10:27
By WAQAR GILLANI and ROD NORDLAND

Late one night, the imam Shabir Ahmad looked up from prayers at his mosque to see a 15-year-old boy approaching with a plate in his outstretched left hand. On it was the boy’s freshly severed right hand. Ahmad did not hesitate. He fled the mosque and left the village, in eastern Punjab province.Earlier that night, Jan.

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