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India arrests 15 over latest ‘child abduction’ lynchings

India police killed the assailant.

By: Sarwar Alam

Indian police have arrested 15 men after the latest in a spate of lynchings incited by rumours spread on WhatsApp of strangers abducting children, an officer said on Sunday (10). A mob in a mainly tribal area of the northeastern state of Assam pulled two men out of their car on Friday night and beat them to death before police could arrive. A video on YouTube shows the badly bruised and bleeding men pleading for their lives. The two friends, residents of Guwahati city in the state, were returning from a picnic spot. “We have arrested 15 persons. We have…

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