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Pakistan – ICC Report: “Police Brutalize Christians after Robbing their Homes” – in Punjab’s Wazirabad

(Pakistan) ICC Report: “Police Brutalize Christians after Robbing their Homes” – in Punjab’s Wazirabad
— ICC reports on brutalization of Christians and attacks on Christian women
ICC reports: “On June 4th, local police entered a Christian village in Pakistan, arrested several men, and dragged women out of their home and by their homes and through the streets by their hair.
— ICC report states that accusations are that Christians “not keeping the sewage lines clean enough”
— ICC report further quotes Stephen Gill “a local Christian leaer” who states “The police raided and ransacked Christian homes and stole our valuables, including cell phones, cash, jewelry, and other expensive household items”
— ICC report states “Police beat 11 Chritian men who protested the raid and then threw them into police vans.  They were all taken to the police station and later thrown into jail.”
— ICC report states “The police also grabbed the women by their hair and dragged them out of their homes and into the street, where they ‘ripped apart’ their clothes as they mocked them, calling them ‘choohra’ (a derogative word for ‘Christian’).  They arrested at least six women.”