Classmates beat a Christian student in Pakistan to death three days after starting his new school because he drank water from a cup meant for Muslim students, his family says. Sheron Masih was a Grade 9 student at a govern-ment-run school in Burewala, in Punjab province.
He was killed because he was a Christian, the student’s father, Elyab Masih, told ucanews.com by phone. “On his first day at his school, a teacher called my son a chuhra and kicked him out of the class for not wearing school uniform,” he said. “My son was so terrified, he skipped school the next day.”
Chuhra is a derogatory term aimed at Christian sanitary workers.
“I bought him a new uniform after which he agreed to return to school. Later in the day I was told that my son was dead after being assaulted by his class-mates,” he said.
