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

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: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday November 14 2018, @07:02PM (3 children)

    by bob_super (1357) on Wednesday November 14 2018, @07:02PM (#761848)

    Does AMZN have a discount on bulk Claymore mines, with 1-hr delivery ?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 14 2018, @07:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 14 2018, @07:12PM (#761853)

    Regretfully, because apparently y'all abandoned rights in favor of utilitarianism, the USA has decided that individuals shouldn't have the ability to kill groups of people, and that shouting "POLICE" should make it impractical for a homeowner to defend against one in a timely manner because you can't shoot someone who yelled "POLICE" until establishing they're not by getting in line of sight with them.

    #PersonalNukes

    I'm not sure how serious I am about this post.

  • (Score: 2) by cellocgw on Wednesday November 14 2018, @08:00PM

    by cellocgw (4190) on Wednesday November 14 2018, @08:00PM (#761875)

    Does AMZN have a discount on bulk Claymore mines, with 1-hr delivery ?

    You forgot to include "... asking for a friend."

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 14 2018, @09:37PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 14 2018, @09:37PM (#761924)

    Sheesh. Buying AMZN stock isn't how you buy products from Amazon.