Historic Hindu temple vandalised in Pakistan

May 21, 2012 10:07

Unidentified men today vandalized a historic Hindu temple in Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan that was reopened on the orders of a court last year, police officials and local residents said.

The attackers burnt pictures and damaged a shivling inside Gorakhnath Temple and took away idols from the shrine located within an archaeological complex in Gor Gathri area, leaders of the Hindu community said.

The shrine's custodian told the media that this was the third attack on the temple in the past two months

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