Pak-origin trader killed after post on 'love for Christians'

March 28, 2016 22:04

A Pakistani-origin shopkeeper in the UK has been brutally killed by another Muslim in a "religiously prejudiced" attack hours after he posted an Easter message on Facebook to "my beloved Christian nation".

Asad Shah, 40, a devout Muslim originally from the Pakistani city of Rabwah, was stabbed 30 times and had his head stamped on during a savage attack at his store in Glasgow last Thursday, British media reported today.

On Friday, police confirmed that a 32-year-old Muslim man, who travelled over 320 km to kill the trader belonging to the Ahmadiyya minority community, had been arrested in connection with Shah's death.

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