What the records say
- When
- 15 Sep 2019
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 28.00° N, 69.32° E
- Description
- series of attacks targeting Hindu temples in Pakistan
Placed at the town its title names, Ghotki.
2019 Ghotki riots
Series of attacks targeting Hindu temples in Pakistan
On September 15, 2019, in Ghotki city of Sindh province of Pakistan, a large number of extremist Muslims desecrated three Hindu temples, a private school and attacked shops and houses belonging to the Hindu community over the allegation of blasphemy against the Hindu principal “Notan Laal” of the Sindh Public School made by a school student.
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