A Christian teenager, who was highly academic despite years of institutional peer bullying and discrimination, was killed by Muslim pupils in Vehari District in the Punjab on 27 August.
The violence, which took place in his classroom, was of such a ferocity that Sharoon died in the room. Early pupil reports suggest that the teacher overseeing the class ignored the brutal mauling.
Distracted by newspaper?
However, the teacher claimed he was reading a newspaper and did not notice the attack. Later the Head Teacher stated that the attack occurred between classroom sessions and that one teacher was late on arrival, allowing the incident to occur without notice.
