LAHORE, Pakistan: A Pakistani court on Wednesday indicted 20 Christians over the lynching of two Muslim men following suicide bombings on a pair of Lahore churches in March, a lawyer said.

Seventeen people died as a result of the suicide bombings in the Youhanabad district of the eastern city, with more than 70 wounded.

The attack sparked two days of rioting by thousands of Christians who clashed with police, blocked roads and forced a partial shutdown of the city’s public bus system.

Two men were lynched by the Christian protesters who suspected they were militants.

Police later arrested 20 Christians with the help of video clips after protests by Muslims against the lynching.

Judge Mohammad Qasim of the anti-terrorist court in Lahore indicted the Christians and ordered the prosecution to produce witnesses on next hearing fixed for November 5.

“The anti-terrorist court has indicted 20 Christians in the two men lynching case,” prosecutor Sheikh Mohammad Saeed told reporters.

Saeed said all the accused denied charges during the hearing.

The bombings occurred during Sunday service at two churches located around half a kilometer apart in the city’s Youhanabad neighborhood, which is home to more than 100,000 Christians.