Teenage Girl Flogged In Mali For Speaking To Men On The Street

A teenaged girl received 60 lashes in Timbuktu
after Islamist extremists convicted her of
speaking to men on the street.
The girl, about 15 years old, was allegedly caught
standing alongside men by the Islamists of Ansar
Dine who now run Timbuktu.
“The Islamists charged that the girl was warned
five times by Islamist police but she continued to
speak to men in the street. After the hearing, the
Islamists gave 60 lashes to the girl. The
population did not turn out in large numbers to
attend this flogging,” said Ousmane Maiga, a
Timbuktu resident contacted by phone from
Bamako.
The public whipping took place at around 11 a.m.
local time in front of the new headquarters of the
Islamic police in downtown Timbuktu, next to
Independence Square.
Source: Yahoo News