/ 15 June 2000

MOB BURNS ROBBERS TO DEATH

AN angry mob burned six robbers to death in Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos. Police said the mob put tyres doused in fuel around the robbers’ necks and set them ablaze after they had robbed a man of his valuables. The incidents took place in the Orile and Maza-Maza areas of the city, he said, adding that the thieves were caught by the mob in a nearby hotel where they hid out after the robbery.

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