Police have confirmed that a man was killed by a group of hardline Islamists. The Ahmadiyya, a religious minority group in Pakistan, have been facing increasing violence in recent years.

The Ahmadiyya have been persecuted for decades in Pakistan as a religious minorityImage: Fareed Khan/AP Photo/picture alliance

One man was killed in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Friday after a mob of radical Islamists attacked the Ahmadiyya community, authorities have said.

The Islamists previously surrounded the place of worship of the persecuted religious minority.

Ahmadiyya community spokesperson Amir Mahmood said a 47-year-old car workshop owner lost his life.

Local senior police official Muhammad Safdar confirmed the death, telling news agency AFP: “One member of the community was killed after the mob identified him as an Ahmadi. They attacked him with sticks and bricks.

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