‘Like a Cow’: The Gruesome Way a Muslim Mob Murdered a Christian Man in Africa
Sectarian violence continues to rage in the Central African Republic, with residents increasingly falling victim to deadly, faith-based attacks. In the latest example, Polin Pumandele, a Christian, was lynched Sunday by Islamic radicals.
Pumandele, 23, was carrying wood through a Muslim area when he was approached by a mob and attacked, according to a Washington Post reporter who witnessed the murder. After being thrown in a ditch and stabbed, attackers cut his throat.
It wasn’t until Pumandele’s body was carried in a wheelbarrow past Burundian peacekeepers — United Nations-sanctioned forces who are in the region to try and temper sectarian violence — that officials became aware of the killing....
