Police arrest 23 over rumor-fueled lynchings in India

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Police arrest 23 over rumor-fueled lynchings in India
CBS/AP July 2, 2018, 9:21 AM

NEW DELHI -- Police in western India said Monday that they have arrested 23 people who took part in the weekend lynching of five men suspected of being members of a gang of child kidnappers, as deadly mob attacks fueled by social media rumors continues around the country. Police officer M. Ramkumar said five men were bludgeoned to death on Sunday in a remote, mountainous village in Maharashtra state.

Villagers pounced on the five when one of them tried to speak to a child at a weekly market, Rajkumar said. "The mob was merciless," he said.

Rajkumar said police formed five teams to nab the culprits, and had so far arrested 23 of 40 people accused of participating in the mob violence.

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