Mob Targets Pakistani Police After Alleged Koran Desecration

Police in the city of Charsadda in northern Pakistan say the situation remained tense on November 29, two days after hundreds of angry protesters ransacked and burned a police station and several checkpoints. The crowd demanded that police hand over a man who had allegedly burned a Koran. A police spokesman said the man appeared to be a drug addict. Blasphemy can be an explosive issue in Muslim-majority Pakistan, where even unproven allegations can stir up violence and large protests.