Kabul: Death sentences for mob killing in which woman was beaten to death

An Afghan judge has convicted and sentenced to death four men for their role in the brutal mob killing of a woman in Kabul in March.

An Afghan judge has convicted and sentenced to death four men for their role in the brutal mob killing of a woman falsely accused of burning the Koran in Kabul in March.

Judge Safiullah Mojadedi announced the sentences at Afghanistan’s Primary Court in the capital as part of a trial of 49 suspects, including 19 police officers.