Unmarried couple publicly stoned to death in Mali

17 May 2017, 4:41 pm

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An unmarried couple were stoned to death in public in northeast Mali by Islamists, the first such known occurrence since 2012, local officials tells AFP.

“The Islamists dug two holes where they put the man and the woman who lived maritally without being married,” says a local official about the incident. “They were stoned to death.”

The stoning happened in the Kidal region, and the same source tells AFP that members of the public were invited to take part.

“Four people threw stones at them until they died,” the source says.

Another local official confirms the information, saying the Islamists had accused the unmarried couple of violating “Islamic law,” which requires punishment by stoning.

— AFP