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Mob kills three in Ecuador
QUITO, Oct 17, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A mob in Ecuador killed three people
mistakenly suspected of stealing children, police said Tuesday.
Officials said those three were not in fact accused of such a crime but
rather had been arrested on suspicion of stealing money and cell phones.
When they were brought to a police station in the southwest town of
Posorja, a crowd outside overpowered officers and beat the detainees to death
with rocks and sticks. Footage of the attack circulated on social media.
The mob also burned a taxi and six motorcycles. Three police were injured.
Police at the station tried in vain to convince the mob that the suspects
were not accused of abducting children.
BSS/AFP/MR/ 1203 hrs