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|short_description=Two young Muslim men from Naramari, Abu Hanifa and Riyazuddin Ali, were beaten to death by a crowd in Kasamari, Nagaon district, Assam, on suspicion of cattle theft in April 2017. | |short_description=Two young Muslim men from Naramari, Abu Hanifa and Riyazuddin Ali, were beaten to death by a crowd in Kasamari, Nagaon district, Assam, on suspicion of cattle theft in April 2017. | ||
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The '''2017 Nagaon lynching''' was the killing of two young men, Abu Hanifa and Riyazuddin Ali, who were chased and beaten by villagers at Kasamari in Nagaon district, [[Assam]], on 30 April 2017 after being accused of trying to steal cattle.<ref name="scroll-2017" /><ref name="aljazeera-2017" /> Police registered a murder case and arrested two people, while the victims' families denied that the men were involved in cattle theft.<ref name="quint-2017" /><ref name="easternmirror-2017" /> | The '''2017 Nagaon lynching''' was the killing of two young men, Abu Hanifa and Riyazuddin Ali, who were chased and beaten by villagers at Kasamari in Nagaon district, [[Assam]], on 30 April 2017 after being accused of trying to steal cattle.<ref name="scroll-2017" /><ref name="aljazeera-2017" /> Police registered a murder case and arrested two people, while the victims' families denied that the men were involved in cattle theft.<ref name="quint-2017" /><ref name="easternmirror-2017" /> | ||