Police arrest eight men over apparent religious killing

LAHORE: Police say they arrested eight men of the Ahmadi sect on Saturday who had opened fire on a group of Muslims the night prior, killing one and wounding another.

Sheikhupura District Police Officer (DPO) Faisal Mukhtar said the Ahmadis shot at the Muslims while they were chanting religious poems in the village of Bahuman, near Lahore.

One minor suspect was still missing.

The killing was a rare case of violence exercised by Ahmadis, who have long held a grievance against the Muslims, who consider them heretics.

The government amended the Constitution in 1974 to specifically declare that Ahmadis are not Muslims and may not be called or call themselves that. It also barred them from preaching.