Amnesty demands probe of mob killing of Kaduna teacher (opens original article in a new tab)

Amnesty International has called for an independent investigation into the mob killing of Ummulkhairi, a teacher and mother of five, in Kaduna State, after she was falsely accused of kidnapping children and killed by a crowd.

• Amnesty International called for an independent investigation into the mob killing of Ummulkhairi, a teacher and mother of five, in Kaduna State.
• Witnesses reported that Ummulkhairi was falsely accused of kidnapping children, taken to a police station, and later seized by a crowd that killed her and set her body ablaze.
• Amnesty International condemned the killing, alleging that police officers may have handed the victim to the mob and criticized the failure of law enforcement to prevent mob violence.