Hundreds bury female Afghani lynch victim

Hundreds of people attend the burial of an Afghan woman who was beaten to death and set on fire by a mob for allegedly burning a copy of the Koran.

Authorities announce the suspension of 13 police officers as well as multiple arrests over the lynching, which took place in full view of several policemen and sparked widespread condemnation at home and abroad.

The body of Farkhunda, 27, who was lynched on Thursday by an angry crowd in central Kabul, is carried to the graveyard by women amid crowds of men, an AFP reporter says, a rare act of protest in a male-dominated society.

The crowd, shouting “Allah o Akbar” (God is greatest), demands the government bring the killers to justice.

— AFP