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Earlier last week, a 16-year-old girl, said to be of Indian origin, was mercilessly beaten and then burned to death by a mob in the village of Rio Bravo, near the capital of Guatemala City. According to local news site Tiempo, she was accused of being part of a group that killed motorcycle taxi driver Carlos Enrique González Noriega, 68.
The woman, who appears dazed, is dragged by her hair into the centre of the angry crowd.
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According to The Independent, the mob filmed a video that showed young children and elderly women looking on as she is burnt alive. The horrific video shows the girl dazed and stumbling in the middle of a crowd of people, her face bleeding, reported the Mail Online.
The young girl lies on the crowd while angry people surround her to kick and beat her.
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A police spokesman said that officers had tried to intervene but were blocked by the bystanders.
The video, which is far too graphic to publish here, has been shared widely in Guatemala and has provoked an outcry on social media – one Guatemalan Twitter user called the video "depressing".
According to media reports, the teenager was seen struggling and writhing in pain on the ground and screaming while cheers were heard from the mob as the flames engulfed her body.
Just as the fire was dying down, a man approached her and poured a can of petrol over her burning body, making the flames become even bigger. The teenager was then left to die as the crowd looked on.
