A custodian and four others were arrested after 20 people were stabbed to death at a shrine. Three are in critical condition. The people were invited into the Sufi Shrine and give a drugged drink. They were stripped, beaten and stabbed. The shrines are considered places of meditation for various Saints. The homeless seek shelter there and receive alms.
The custodian had a following. They would come there to be cleansed of sins by violence. Police say the man is mentally unstable. Testing of the victims blood and other investigations are not available at the present time. Story is ongoing.
I watched news feeds and read information from the following links before blogging.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/02/asia/pakistan-shrine-attack/index.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-attack-idUSKBN17407N?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social
http://www.dw.com/en/shrine-keeper-aides-kill-20-people-in-pakistan/a-38254917
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/20.people.massacred.in.brutal.drugging.and.stabbing.at.sufi.muslim.shrine.in.pakistan/106594.htm
http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-pakistan-shrine-20170402-story.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/02/twenty-people-killed-in-attack-at-pakistan-shrine-punjab
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