Police stand guard outside an Ahmadiyya place of worship surrounded by radical Islamists in the port city of Karachi before escorting members of this persecuted minority away in a prison van. A mob beat to death a member of this Pakistani minority after hundreds of radical Islamists surrounded their place of worship, according to police. The Ahmadiyya community are considered heretics by the Pakistani government and have been persecuted for decades, but threats and intimidation have intensified in recent years. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES