Pakistani police kill second blasphemy suspect within a week

ISLAMABAD - Police in southern Pakistan reported Thursday that a doctor facing allegations of blasphemy against Islam was killed in a shootout during a raid intended to arrest him.

The overnight alleged extrajudicial killing of Shah Nawaz in the province of Sindh marked the second instance within a week in which Pakistani police fatally shot a blasphemy suspect.

Nawaz, a Muslim, was an employee at the main