A middle-aged woman axed to death an elderly faith healer in Pakistan’s Punjab province for allegedly committing blasphemy,police officials said on Saturday.
Musarrat Bibi,40,who had visited the 70-year-old faith healer Baba Muhammad Amin earlier for consultations,axed him to death in Kanganpur town,40 kilometre from Lahore.
She claimed that the man had committed blasphemy against Prophet Mohammad.
A tea stall owner,Muhammad Aslam,also sustained injuries when he tried to rescue the elderly man in the incident that occurred on Thursday night.
After surrendering to police,she claimed that she had killed the man for committing blasphemy against the Prophet of Islam.
Police is trying to ascertain whether there was any other motive behind the murder,officials said.