Police in Mandalay have opened an investigation into the deadly mob beating of a man by bystanders who believed he was attempting to kidnap a child. The attack occurred on Strand Road in Aung Myay Tharzan township on the evening of January 14.
“People say they saw the man holding a child’s hand and leading him away, so they started beating him,” a police officer from the Mandalay Region Police Office said on January 18.
“The man later died from the beating, so we have opened a case and we have started questioning the people suspected of beating him.”
The beating victim is from Singaing township in Mandalay Region. He was a vendor at a night market in Mandalay, along with his wife. (Courtesy of Myanmar Times)
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