Thursday, March 21, 2013

Villagers lynch car thief in northern Egypt

(AP) ? Egyptian witnesses and officials say villagers have beat to death a young man after catching him trying to steal a car in a new case of vigilante violence.

A number of recent lynchings or attempted lynchings have raised worries over an increasing breakdown of security, adding a new challenge to Egypt's government.

A security official says dozens of villagers in Ezbat el-Gindy in the northern Sharqiya province caught the man trying to steal a car at gunpoint Thursday.

Video footage shows the man, half-naked and bloody, being dragged by the foot while villagers beat him with sticks.

A witness says residents then tied him to a tree until he died.

The security official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/cae69a7523db45408eeb2b3a98c0c9c5/Article_2013-03-21-Egypt/id-49ae8ee5ff13493cad112b693246617c

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