Wednesday, April 1, 2026 - Two suspected phone snatchers were lynched by a mob in Kano State.
The incident occurred after the suspects allegedly stole a
girl's mobile phone near Fatima Special Primary School in Gyadi-Gyadi, opposite
the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital gate.
Witnesses said the girl had handed over her phone to the
suspects and was unable to raise an alarm out of fear of being attacked.
The suspects were also said to have attacked another male
passerby and taken his phone, drawing the attention of people nearby.
Some passersby reportedly confronted the knife-wielding
youths after the second incident.
A POS operator near the Court Road roundabout said the
suspects, who were allegedly armed with sharp knives, provoked anger by daring
anyone to challenge them.
“It is not the first time phone snatchers would attack
people here and many are angry. When these two boys seized phones belonging to
a girl and a male passerby, people descended on them,” he said.
“We watched as they were beaten unconscious. I was told that
one of them d!ed at the hospital where they were taken after being rescued from
the mob.”
Another witness said he encountered a crowd near the Court
Road roundabout while coming from Naibawa, which later turned out to be a mob
attacking the suspects.
"They were severely injured after repeated beatings,
with blood visible on their faces and bodies. The suspected thieves appeared to
be young men in their 20s,” the witness said.
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