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Pakistan teen booked for 'blasphemous' text messages: police

Police in Pakistan have registered a case against a Christian teen for allegedly sending blasphemous text messages, officials said Friday.

File photo of a Pakistani policeman on patrol in Karachi. Police in Pakistan have registered a case against a Christian teen for allegedly sending blasphemous text messages, officials said Friday.

Neighbours ransacked the home of Ryan Stanten, 17, and his mother in Pakistan's biggest city of Karachi over allegations that he had defamed the Prophet Mohammed, and police said they registered the case to calm tempers.

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