Hindu temple attack in Pak: Trial of 85 suspects begins

The trial of 85 suspects allegedly involved in an attack on a Hindu temple in Pakistan's Punjab province began at an anti-terrorism court on Friday. Hundreds of people, carrying sticks, stones and bricks attacked the Ganesh temple at Bhong city of Rahim Yar Khan district, some 590 km from Lahore on August 4, burning parts of it and damaging the idols in protest against the release by a court of an eight-year-old Hindu boy, who was arrested for allegedly urinating in a local seminary. The attackers had damaged the idols, walls, doors and electric fittings while desecrating the temple. "Police submitted a report to the anti-terrorism court," a Punjab government official told PTI.