An angry mob have brutally descended on a boy who reportedly stabbed his friend with a bottle during an argument.
The police save the boy from being lynched by the angry mob
A teenage boy has escaped being lynched to death after stabbing another boy with a bottle on Sunday morning in Calabar, Cross River State.
The teenage boy almost got burnt to death by an angry crowd after the horrific act but was rescued by the police.
It was gathered that the boys got into an argument before the gruesome attack. In the ensuing melee, one of them allegedly threw a stone at the boy. Angered by the act, the boy picked a bottle of beer, struck it on the ground and allegedly stabbed his friend at the rib region.
When the stabbed boy started shouting as he bled and collapsed, people came out and began to pursue the the attacker before catching up with him and beating him mercilessly.
Luckily for the boy , the security men of the Response Patrol 13 arrived and immediately snatched rescued him from the mob. The crowd also pleaded with the police to carry alongside the injured victim to the hospital for treatment.