Two innocent men have been burned alive by a massive lynch mob after WhatsApp rumours branded them child abductors.
A large crowd gathered outside the police station after rumours spread about the two men.
A mob dragged two men out of a police station, savagely beat them and then set them on fire, killing them, after a false rumour was spread on WhatsApp about the pair being child kidnappers.
The mother of one of the men made a desperate plea for the crowd to stop as she watched the lynching unfold on a Facebook livestream.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-46145986
(Score: 3, Interesting) by tangomargarine on Wednesday November 14 2018, @04:56PM
I wonder if this is turning into the Latin American equivalent of SWATing somebody
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"