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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, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday November 14 2018, @08:18PM (4 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 14 2018, @08:18PM (#761886) Journal

    That seems a retarded question. How in hell do my words translate to "It's alright to rape whoever you want." Is English your native language?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 14 2018, @08:46PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 14 2018, @08:46PM (#761896)

    Recently people started comparing certain people to NPCs due to their shared stock responses, repetition of answers with perhaps different phrasing, and predictability.

    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 14 2018, @09:56PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 14 2018, @09:56PM (#761935)

      Yeah, there are only so many ways you can call people stupid shills before the start repeating.

      My guess is that is the latest technique to try and deflect the accusations of "shill!". Very typical method of accusing opponents of the crimes you are committing.

      I wonder where the trend of using NPC started, seems a little too video game centric to come from Fox & Hens.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 14 2018, @10:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 14 2018, @10:04PM (#761938)

    Welcome to the latest trend in Edge Lord culture.

  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday November 14 2018, @10:53PM

    by Bot (3902) on Wednesday November 14 2018, @10:53PM (#761953) Journal

    Its username checks out.

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