Angry mob of 300 vigilantes attacks the home of uncle suspected of killing and molesting 5-year-old girl in Changhua
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/05/25
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — An angry lynch mob of 300 vigilantes last night (May 24)
Man smashing window with stool. (Screenshot of YouTube video)
ransacked the Changhua home of a man suspected of killing and molesting his 5-year-old niece when they believed that he had been released from police custody, reported Apple Daily.
Last night, a rumor spread on Facebook that the suspect, surnamed Yang (楊), was already going to be released on bail, and though this was false information, it was repeatedly shared on the social media platform. By 9 p.m. last night, an angry mob of 300 (with some reports saying 500) vigilantes had surrounded Yang’s house in Changhua County’s Tianwei Township, with some reportedly coming as far away as Tainan and Chiayi to seek revenge for the girl.
The hysteric crowd broke their way into Yang’s home where they smashed furniture with baseball bats, shattered windows, set off fireworks and tossed about hell money to curse the family. Fearing for her life, Yang’s mother fled to the nearby police station, and a large part of the mob followed her to call for her son’s release so they could exact their vengeance. [FULL STORY]
