Men burnt alive by mob after false WhatsApp messages accuse them of child kidnap

Two innocent men were dragged out of a jail cell and burned alive by a cheering mob as rumours of child abductors spread rapidly on WhatsApp.



The message talked of a "plague of child kidnappers" and three children, aged four, eight and 14, had been found murdered.



It claimed the criminals were involved in organ trafficking, as the children were found with their abdomens sliced open and their organs removed.



But the two men - an uncle and his nephew - who were set upon by a mob of villagers were falsely accused after they were spotted near an elementary school.



Distressing footage shows the pair being beaten and then set on fire outside a police station, as the mother of one of the men watched on a Facebook live steam.