Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana’s killers sentenced to death
In Pakistan, six men have been sentenced to death for killing a Sri Lankan man accused of blasphemy. In the city of Sialkot, 48-year-old Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, a factory manager, was beaten to death and set ablaze last December.
Lynchers of Priyantha
Of the 88 people convicted of lynching and death of Priyantha Diyawadana, a life sentence for nine, and the others received sentences ranging from two to five years in jail.
When Imran Khan described the incident as "A Day of Shame" for the country, the case shocked the country.
Social media videos show Mr. Diyawadana to be dragged from his workplace and beaten to death by the angry crowd.
Then they burned his body, and several people in the crowd took selfies with his corpse.
The attack on the internet was describes b...
