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Nigerian Female Bomb Suspect Beaten, Set Ablaze to Death By Mob
A mob beat a woman to death in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Bauchi in the belief that she was a suicide bomber, police and witnesses say.
The woman – said to be a teenager – was attacked when she refused to be screened at the entrance to a market. No explosives were found on her.
A series of suicide bombings in northern Nigeria has been blamed on Boko Haram militants.
It wants to enforce strict Islamic law across the country.
Witnesses say the mob put a tyre sprinkled with petrol over the woman’s head and set it on fire after she was beaten.
Police say that she was dead before they arrived on the scene to rescue her and disperse the mob. No arrests were made.
The exact circumstances of her death are unclear. Some reports say that the dead woman was accompanied by another woman but other accounts say they she had a male escort.
An eyewitness told the AFP news agency that the woman came under suspicion when two bottles were found strapped to both sides of her waist after she refused to be frisked with a metal detector.
“When her hijab was raised over her head two bottles were found strapped to her waist and the crowd descended on the young woman,” he said.
BBC
Posted by
chalwe
March 2, 2015 at 10:28 am
That is being in human. You cant set your fellow human being on fire just because you suspect him to be Boko Harum.God help us
poly
March 2, 2015 at 12:24 pm
She asked for it.
New Educated Zambia
March 2, 2015 at 12:34 pm
In africa, mob justice is a result of incompetent national security and incapacity of governments to ensure security. it is also a sign of a lack of confidence in the legal system of such countries. Zambia is a very good example. Recently we saw the death of a UPND member in what has being allegedly a political assassination. However, as usually happens this case will be prematurely concluded. What will follow next will be frustration on the part of those aggrieved which will later lead to them taking matters in their own hands and seeking justice their way. SO now who is to blame? PF government tefyo? vote UPND