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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Maroosha Muzaffar

British man ‘lynched by mob’ after being dragged out of Ecuador police station

A British man died in Ecuador after he was dragged out of a police station and lynched by a mob, local media reported.

The man, whose identity wasn’t disclosed, was in custody at a police station in the riverside village of Playas del Cuyabeno, a tourist entry point to the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, when a mob reportedly broke in, dragged him out to the street, killed him, and set his body on fire.

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