The man and woman were put in two holes dug by ringleaders before four people attacked them, local official saysAn unmarried couple have been stoned to death in public in north-east Mali, in the first such incident since jihadi groups were driven out of the region. “The Islamists dug two holes where they put the man and the woman who lived maritally without being married,” said a local official. “They were stoned to death.”The struggle for Mali | Jack Watling and Paul Raymond Read moreThe execution happened in Taghlit, close to Aguelhok in the Kidal region, on Tuesday. Another local official said the ringleaders had accused the unmarried couple of violating “Islamic law”, which requires punishment by stoning. In July 2012, the Al-Qaida-linked Ansar Dine group stoned a couple in public in Aguelhok they had accused of having children outside marriage.

Source: The Guardian May 17, 2017 19:03 UTC