Police officers in Pakistan are reportedly refusing to help a Catholic family who fell victim to an attack by armed Muslims.
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Shahnaz Yousaf told Christian Daily International–Morning Star News her family saw their farmland seized during an April 16 assault.
Dozens of armed Muslims reportedly arrived on the scene while the family was harvesting wheat – something they’ve purportedly done on the land since leasing it from the government in 1989.
Ashraf Yousaf, Shahnaz’s brother, described a chaotic scene in which armed Muslims came with guns and other weapons. He said he was attacked and beaten as were his siblings when they tried to help.
The perpetrators left the scene before cops arrived. Later, when the family sought medical treatment, the Muslims allegedly came back to the property and stole the wheat and other food they were growing.
“When we reached the police station and told them what had happened in our absence, the officer on duty refused to register our complaint and said that our plight will end only when we surrender to the demand of the Muslim landowners,” Ashraf Yousaf told Christian Daily International–Morning Star News.
The backstory surrounding the land dispute helps provide important
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