Eight people have been killed in mob attacks in Bangladesh after false rumours about child abductions spread online.
The victims were targeted over rumours that human sacrifices were needed to build the Padma Bridge, south of the capital Dhaka.
BBC reports rumours claimed children were being beheaded as offerings to the $US3bn project.
Vigilante groups in turn lynched people they suspected of kidnappings.
BBC
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Stories published on 25/07/2019
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