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Burned to Death Because of a Rumour on WhatsApp

posted by martyb on Wednesday November 14 2018, @02:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the Wizard's-First-Rule dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 14 2018, @06:58PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 14 2018, @06:58PM (#761844)

    It's better that the murderous mob be gunned down no matter how numerous the perpetrators or how few the victims.

    Rights are that which is defended beyond expected utility.

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday November 14 2018, @08:18PM (1 child)

    by bob_super (1357) on Wednesday November 14 2018, @08:18PM (#761885)

    Cops are local people.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 14 2018, @08:51PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 14 2018, @08:51PM (#761899)

      They accept the ire they earn by enforcing the law when they take the job.

      If a cops brother is attempting to murder a person and shooting him is the only reliable way to stop it, then he has a duty to do so.