Two brothers lynched after being mistaken for robbers

LUFENG, GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA – DECEMBER 3, 2009 Two brothers fell victim to a brutal mob lynching after being mistakenly identified as motorcycle thieves. Local residents dragged them into the street and began beating them with stones. Both men succumbed to their injuries.

It later emerged that the brothers had nothing to do with the thefts and had been mistaken for the actual perpetrators. Those responsible for their deaths were subsequently sentenced to life in prison.