Lynching video shown in court

– Video of a mob killing an Afghan woman accused of burning pages from a Koran was shown in court yesterday in the trial of nearly 50 people. The lynching prompted outrage and protests in Kabul.

The judge asked prosecutors on the second day of the trial to play footage, shot with mobile phone cameras, of a crowd kicking and beating the 27-year-old woman, named Farkhunda. About 49 men are on trial. – Reuters

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