Tag Archives: stoned

A police officer has been killed in a confrontation with a gang of youths after rescuing some survivors of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Kenya.  The Guardian UK reports that activists and local leaders condemned the murder, calling it a backward step in the fight to eradicate the practice in …

The Ondo State Police Command has disclosed that officers rescued a couple from an angry mob who stoned their son, Tope Olorunfemi, to death in Akure.   The deceased, suspected to be an internet fraudster, was killed after his vehicle reportedly crushed some people to death and injured others along …

A man, his girlfriend and her son were stoned to death after the body of an eight-year-old missing girl, Nomsa Sambo, was found inside a pit toilet in South Africa.    Police spokesperson, Brig Selvy Mohlala, said the incident happened in the early hours of Saturday, February 18, 2023, in …

A middle-aged man incurred the wrath of an irate mob after allegedly killing his girlfriend on Wednesday morning November 9, 2022, in Nyaga village, Gatanga, Murang’a county, Kenya.    30-year-old Kamau Ngugi reportedly killed Mary Mwihaki, 39, before beheading her in what is believed to have been a love tussle.   Kamau …

A man was stoned and set ablaze over alleged blasphemy in Lugbe, Abuja.   The lynching took place on Saturday afternoon, June 4, 2022, at the Lugbe Timber Shed, along Airport Road in Abuja following an argument over alleged blasphemy.     Police reportedly arrived at the scene and fired shots …

Deborah Samuel’s coursemates have revealed her final words before she was killed.   Deborah, a 200-level Home Economics student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, said to have made a comment in her school’s WhatsApp platform which her Muslim colleagues considered to blaspheme Prophet Mohammed (SAW).   As a result, she …