Police in southern Pakistan shoot dead blasphemy suspect

Shah Nawaz, a doctor, had gone into hiding after being accused of insulting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad

Police in southern Pakistan have shot dead a blasphemy suspect during an alleged shootout with armed men, in the second such killing in a week.

Police identified the slain man as Shah Nawaz, a doctor in the Umerkot district in the Sindh province, who had gone into hiding two days ago after being accused of insulting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad and sharing blasphemous content on social media.