{{Madagascan authorities have imposed a curfew after a mob burned to death three people they claimed had mutilated and killed a local eight-year-old boy.}}<\/p>\n
Government ministers flew to the island of Nosy Be on Friday to appeal for calm after a local man, a French national and an Italian were beaten and then burned on the tourist beach of Ambatoloaka on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The government later imposed a curfew on the island to stop further violence. <\/p>\n
The attack happened after residents discovered a boy’s mutilated body on a beach, and claimed the men had killed him to harvest his organs. <\/p>\n
Security forces said the two Europeans had been tortured into a confession. They were named locally as Sebastien Judalet and Roberto Gianfala. The local man was not identified.<\/p>\n
‘No risk to tourists’<\/p>\n
An island resident, identified only as Lala, claimed the crowd had made sure the men were guilty before killing them.<\/p>\n
“They spoke for a long time until the morning hours, and then the foreigners confessed they had killed the child. We have it on video,\u201d he claimed, but provided no evidence.<\/p>\n
On Friday, a pile of ash and body parts were the only recognisable signs of the earlier violence. <\/p>\n
Both Europeans held tourism visas, although the Italian’s had expired. Local residents insisted there was no risk to tourists.<\/p>\n
“We’ve got nothing against foreigners. You can come visit and there won’t be a problem,” said a man from the island’s capital, Hell-Ville, who identified himself only as Jacob.<\/p>\n
“We are targeting the culprits. It’s public justice – we just kill them, and if you refuse to kill them we kill you because you’re an accomplice.” <\/p>\n
Mob justice is common on the vast island nation off the southeastern African coast, which authorities struggle to police effectively.<\/p>\n
More than 255,000 tourists visited Madagascar last year. France has warned its citizens to avoid Nosy Be until calm had been restored. <\/p>\n
Source: Agencies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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