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"Police arrived at the scene but found the two had already been lynched and their bodies set ablaze by a mob of more than 50 people.

"My friend told me we should set ablaze a tent belonging to a municipal council candidate, so I agreed to be a lookout while he set the tent ablaze using wood and petrol," said the defendant in his statement.

Victim farmer Arshad Ali told the police that accused set ablaze his standing wheat crop over 24 acres (worth of Rs1.3 million) and fled away.

The family said they heard the first bhang when the first vehicle was set ablaze, followed by the second shortly afterwards.

SEVERAL houses were set ablaze and farmlands burnt following a clash between Umuemu Anam and Nzam, both in Anambra West Local Government Area of Anambra State over ownership of a parcel of land in the area.

A gang of Hindu extremists stopped the truck carrying eight cows and buffaloes and set ablaze the vehicle after taking possession of the animals, an official said.

A major development took place after three years in 2015 as the investigation report stated that the factory was set ablaze on the directives of a political party's stakeholder.

More than 250 labourers lost their lives when the factory Ali Enterprises, located in the city'sBaldiaTownarea, was allegedly set ablaze in September 2012.

He said that the troops also set ablaze four hundred wooden apple boxes and heaves of animal fodder.

An eyewitness, Mr Ganiyu Yusuf, said the mob descended on him and beat him to coma, saying the timely intervention of the security operatives from the area saved him from being set ablaze by the angry mob.

According to her parents, she was set ablaze after being subjected to sexual assault.

Lucknow: The door of a mosque was set ablaze on Monday by unidentified persons in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj district, leading to brief tension in the area that was singed by violence and clashes on Republic Day.

Unidentified men set ablaze a Catholic chapel in Barangay Labo-Labo here Friday night, fire officials said.

The people voiced strong protest against this incident and the violent mob set ablaze the bus.

The first report came at 6.14pm on Friday, when aerosol cans were set ablaze in Blackwood bus station and fire crews were called to attended.