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Burned to death because of a rumour on WhatsApp

Burned to death because of a rumour on WhatsApp

Burned to death because of a rumour on WhatsApp
12 November 2018

Rumours of child abductors spread through WhatsApp in a small town in Mexico. The rumours were fake, but a mob burned two men to death before anyone checked.

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