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The psychology of mob action

What drives groups of people to use brutal vigilante justice? Professor Ken Attafuah, a criminologist and lawyer in Accra, explains how group violence can get out of hand. This follows the lynching of a military commander in Ghana by a mob who say they mistook him for an armed robber.

Picture: A migrant in South Africa is surrounded by a group of people. Credit: Reuters

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