Communal tension in Pak's Quetta city over mob lynching of youth

Communal tension and protests have erupted in Pakistan's Quetta city after a mob, most of m believed to be from Shia Hazara community, allegedly lynched a Pushtun youth and severely injured his two friends. capital city of restive Baluchistan province remained tense and partially shut down on Sunday after brutal lynching of youth named Bilal Khan at a hair dresser's shop in Hazara town area on Friday night.

gruesome incident was filmed on mobile phones and footage was shared on social media, triggering protest. Police have arrested 12 people in connection with lynching which is said to have occurred over a monetary dispute while anor version is that three youths, who belonged to Pushtun community, h filmed some women of Hazara community on ir mobile phones.

video footage shared on social media showed three youths lying on ground beaten and partially naked and people screaming and running from hairdresser shop. footage purportedly showed police rushing to scene and turning a blind eye to some people escaping from scene. incident triggered tension in Quetta and a large number of people gared, demanding arrest of culprits.

protestors chanted slogans against murderers and marched on ros with body of lynched youth. Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal suspended three police officers of area over ir failure to disperse mob. Communal tensions between Hazara community and Pushtun speaking people in province have emerged in past as well and government officials said latest incident was being used by some people to stoke more fire and trouble between two communities. Hazara community has been target of several terror attacks in recent years.