Lynch Mob In Kabul Beats Woman To Death For Burning Quran(FULL REPORT)!!!
- 8 yıl önce
Mob in kabul kill woman for allegedly burning the koran mob beats Afghan woman to death before burning her body and dumping it in a river because she set fire to a Koran
This is the moment a woman was beaten to death by a mob before her body was set on fire and dumped in a muddy river in the heart of Afghanistans capital. Shocking video has emerged of crowds of men repeatedly stamping on the 27-year-old, named only as Farkhunda, near the Shah-e Doh Shamshira shrine and mosque in the heart of Kabul. At one point, one of the attackers can be seen striking the woman with a piece of wood while another was filmed hurling a brick at her as she lay on the ground. Some of the men stamped on the victims limp body while others could be seen punching and kicking her. Reports have emerged that her body was then taken to the Kabul river and burned. The mob carried out the lynching after she was accused of setting fire to pages of the Koran. But her devastated parents have told Kabul police that their daughter had suffered with mental illness for many years and that she had not meant to burn Islams holy book
The police did not comment immediately on any circumstances that might have led to the attack.
Officers had to move in to disperse angry crowds of thousands of people in the area as the incident unfolded. A spokesman for the Ministry of Interior confirmed four suspects had been arrested in connection with the attack on his official Twitter account. Disturbing footage of the attack was posted on social media websites and shows other men filming with their mobile phones while it is taking place.
The BBC reports one eyewitness to the lynching as saying: I heard noise, I went and people said that a woman is burning Koran. When I went closer I saw angry people shouting they want to kill the woman. They beat her to death and then threw her on the river side and burned her. Firefighters later came and put out the fire and took the body. The head of Kabuls criminal police General Farid Afzali told AFP: A woman burned a copy of the Koran in the Shahi Doshamshira neighbourhood. The womans body was then thrown into the Kabul River, Afzali added.
Local television news channel 1TV posted what appeared to be footage of the aftermath of the killing on its website and said the mob attacked the woman because she had burned pages from a Koran.
The family of the victim met the Kabul polices criminal investigation team, a security official said. Human rights groups have raised concerns whether enough was done to stop the mob. I would certainly hope the government would be trying to arrest and prosecute everyone who was involved and doing an internal investigation into whether the police response was appropriate, said Heather Barr, a senior researcher for womens rights in Asia for Human Rights Watch.
This is the moment a woman was beaten to death by a mob before her body was set on fire and dumped in a muddy river in the heart of Afghanistans capital. Shocking video has emerged of crowds of men repeatedly stamping on the 27-year-old, named only as Farkhunda, near the Shah-e Doh Shamshira shrine and mosque in the heart of Kabul. At one point, one of the attackers can be seen striking the woman with a piece of wood while another was filmed hurling a brick at her as she lay on the ground. Some of the men stamped on the victims limp body while others could be seen punching and kicking her. Reports have emerged that her body was then taken to the Kabul river and burned. The mob carried out the lynching after she was accused of setting fire to pages of the Koran. But her devastated parents have told Kabul police that their daughter had suffered with mental illness for many years and that she had not meant to burn Islams holy book
The police did not comment immediately on any circumstances that might have led to the attack.
Officers had to move in to disperse angry crowds of thousands of people in the area as the incident unfolded. A spokesman for the Ministry of Interior confirmed four suspects had been arrested in connection with the attack on his official Twitter account. Disturbing footage of the attack was posted on social media websites and shows other men filming with their mobile phones while it is taking place.
The BBC reports one eyewitness to the lynching as saying: I heard noise, I went and people said that a woman is burning Koran. When I went closer I saw angry people shouting they want to kill the woman. They beat her to death and then threw her on the river side and burned her. Firefighters later came and put out the fire and took the body. The head of Kabuls criminal police General Farid Afzali told AFP: A woman burned a copy of the Koran in the Shahi Doshamshira neighbourhood. The womans body was then thrown into the Kabul River, Afzali added.
Local television news channel 1TV posted what appeared to be footage of the aftermath of the killing on its website and said the mob attacked the woman because she had burned pages from a Koran.
The family of the victim met the Kabul polices criminal investigation team, a security official said. Human rights groups have raised concerns whether enough was done to stop the mob. I would certainly hope the government would be trying to arrest and prosecute everyone who was involved and doing an internal investigation into whether the police response was appropriate, said Heather Barr, a senior researcher for womens rights in Asia for Human Rights Watch.