MorningStarNews.org reports: “A Muslim in Pakistan on Friday (March 21) slashed the throat of a Christian co-worker on allegations that he had committed blasphemy by touching an Islamic textbook ‘with unclean hands,’ sources said.

The attack on Waqas Masih, 22, took place at Subhan Allah Paper Mills in the Sharaqpur area of Sheikhupura District, Punjab Province, said his father, Riyasat Masih.

‘The factory’s shift in-charge, Zohaib Iftikhar, attacked my son with a cutter blade, slashing his jugular vein,’ Masih, a member of the Brethren Church and father of six, told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. ‘My son courageously fought back the assailant despite blood gushing out of his throat.’

Mill management rushed Waqas Masih to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment that saved his life, and they also prevented the suspect from fleeing the scene, handing him over to police, he said. His son was later transferred to Mayo Hospital in Lahore, where he underwent surgery and was recovering…”