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ISLAMABAD / PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – The United States urged Pakistan on Thursday to take action for the murder of a US citizen in a crowded courtroom as he faces blasphemy trial. An ambulance carrying the body of a man, who police say was killed by a gunman during a …

A young Pakistani Muslim entered a courtroom in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Wednesday, shooting and killing a fellow Muslim who was being tried for blasphemy, a police officer said. It was not immediately clear how the assailant, identified as Khalid Khan, managed to enter the court amid stringent …