Pakistan, April 1 -- Mob violence is a complex phenomenon that often arises from deep-seated grievances within a community. The abyss has become far too convoluted in the motherland where all it takes is an individual or two to stoke the egos of a frenzied crowd for them to unleash their daggers and start a stampede.

Mayhem ensued in Mirpur on Saturday when a group of unknown people gathered around an American fast-food chain outlet, yelling out slogans against its links to Israel amid the ongoing war in Gaza before they razed the building to the ground. Dramatic visuals making rounds on social media show how the violence spilt out onto the streets as people ran outside to escape the fire. As the rest of the world makes a pitiful comment...