{"id":114129,"date":"2015-05-06T06:45:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T06:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=114129"},"modified":"2015-05-06T06:45:11","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T06:45:11","slug":"four-sentenced-to-death-over-afghan-mob-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/four-sentenced-to-death-over-afghan-mob-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"Four sentenced to death over Afghan mob-killing"},"content":{"rendered":"
Four Afghan men have been sentenced to death over a mob attack in which a woman was beaten to death after being accused of burning the Koran.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old woman called Farkhunda was accused of burning the Koran, although witnesses say she did not. She was beaten to death and her body then burned on 19 March.<\/p>\n
The incident led to widespread protests against the treatment of women.<\/p>\n
The four sentenced on Wednesday are among 49 defendants in the case.<\/p>\n
Farkhunda had argued with a mullah, or religious teacher, about his practice of selling charms to women at a shrine.<\/p>\n
In the course of the argument she was accused of burning the Koran and a crowd overheard and attacked her.<\/p>\n
In confession statements read in court, some of the accused admitted they were drawn in by the claims. An official investigator has said there is no evidence she burned the Koran.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Four Afghan men have been sentenced to death over a mob attack in which a woman was beaten to death after being accused of burning the Koran. The 28-year-old woman called Farkhunda was accused of burning the Koran, although witnesses say she did not. She was beaten to death and her body then burned on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":114130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[14],"yoast_head":"\n