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A woman who reportedly desecrated the Qur’an inside a mosque in the center of Kabul was ambushed Thursday by a mob that set her on fire and threw her dead body into a nearby river, the Los Angeles Times reported.
arents identified the victim to authorities as 32-year-old Farkhunda. They also informed Farid Afzal, who heads investigations for the Kabul Police, that Farkhunda suffered from mental illness.
Witnesses said that Farkhunda was found burning parts of a copy of the Qur’an inside the Shah-Do Shamshira mosque. Soon after, she was surrounded by an angry mob, and a crowd quickly grew.
Shah Jahan, who owns a shop nearby, told the Los Angeles Times that there were so many onlookers, they “broke the railing above the shrine itself — that’s how strong they were.”
In a rare act of public violence, the mob captured Farkhunda, set her on fire, and threw her body into the Kabul River.
“You couldn’t see past the people,” he added.
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