- Title: Five killed on suspicion of child abduction in western India - media
- Date: 2nd July 2018
- Summary: BLOOD STAINS ON STEPS BLOOD STAINS ON WALLS AND BROKEN FURNITURE INSIDE HOUSE BROKEN CHAIR VARIOUS OF BROKEN FURNITURE AND BLOOD STAINS ON FLOOR BLOOD STAINS ON WALL AND FLOOR DEBRIS ON FLOOR
- Embargoed: 16th July 2018 14:42
- Keywords: Mob lynching India Dhule Maharashtra killings arrest alleged child abductors mass beatings
- Location: DHULE AND MUMBAI, INDIA
- City: DHULE AND MUMBAI, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice
- Reuters ID: LVA0028N23JNP
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Five people were beaten to death by a mob on Sunday (July 1) in a fresh incident of lynching in India's western state of Maharashtra after suspicions that they were child abductors, media reports said.
There has been a spate of incidents in India based on false messages about alleged child abductors circulating on social media that have triggered mass beatings and a number of other deaths this year.
Sunday's incident took place in a tribal area in the Dhule district, after one of the five victims tried to speak to a small girl while getting off a bus, according to media reports.
Villagers became suspicious and attacked the men with sticks and stones. They later placed them in a locked room and beat them, with all five dying from their injuries, reports said. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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