Man accused of raping and killing a 4-year-old girl is murdered after a mob storm the police station where he was held and drag him out to hang him from a tree
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- The alleged paedophile was arrested by police in Reyes, northern Bolivia
- He was a suspect after a 4-year-old girl was found raped and murdered
- A furious mob refused to wait for his trial and grabbed him from jail
- Locals dragged him through the street and lynched him from a tree
A man accused of raping and murdering a 4-year-old girl has been publicly lynched.
The alleged paedophile was arrested in Reyes, northern Bolivia after police found a missing girl's body earlier this week.
Furious locals refused to wait for his trial and took justice into their own hands.
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A mob stormed the police station and dragged the man into the street where locals hanged him on a tree.
Harrowing video footage shows the gang forcing the bars of the jail open before grabbing the helpless man.
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The mob started beating him and dragged him through the streets. The man was hanged just minutes later.
Police officers were outnumbered and failed to stop the public lynching.
The 4-year-old victim whose death incensed the community was not a local but was visiting the area with her parents for her grandmother's funeral.
Ivan Zambrana, the department director of the Special Force for Crime Fighting, told local media: 'The dead bodies, both the girl's and the lynching victim's, have been moved to Palos Blancos [near Bolivian capital La Paz], we are investigating the case.'
Nobody has been arrested for the lynching, but the police are currently questioning locals and using social media videos of the incident in tackling the case.
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