Kabul lynching: Hundreds protest against Farkhunda's death
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- 23 March, 2015
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Baku. 23 March. REPORT.AZ/ Hundreds of Afghans have protested against the lynching of a woman who a crowd thought had burned the Koran.
Report informs referring to the BBC, the woman, Farkhunda, was beaten, hit by bats, stamped on, driven over, and her body dragged by a car before being set on fire.
The demonstrators called for justice and planted a commemorative tree.
Thirteen police officers have been suspended following allegations they failed to do enough to stop the attack in central Kabul last week.
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