TANZANIA Thief was caught in the act, which immediately mobilized a crowd around him. This time it didn’t turn into a lynching, but the man he tried to rob settled the score with him directly. He kicked him with all his strength straight in the face.
Although intuition may sometimes say that the thief deserves it, the fact remains that such behavior is illegal toward the thief. If he is already disarmed and detained, the whole matter should be in the hands of the police, and the punishment then decided by the court. Kicking a defenseless thief in the face can be a bigger offense in the eyes of the law than the theft itself.
