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Killed by a Mob
Please add the profiles of those who were killed by a group of people with intent. This project excludes those executed by the state. If you know the specific means of death, please add the profile to the project that fits that cause of death also.
- See these projects: Lynched; Shot; Stabbed; Strangled; Beating or Flogging
- If the death resulted from accidental mob activity, see: Stampede
If you don't see the means of death in a project listed above, please request a project for it in this discussion: Cause of Death Projects needed???
A Mob is a large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble or violence. The purpose can be deliberate murder by a mob having a common purpose and targeting one or more specified individuals. The individual might be specified by name or only as an unnamed person falling into a limited category. The murder could take any form, including lynching, beating, shooting, and burning alive.
Notables Killed by a Mob:
- 1. Joseph Smith Jr (1805-1844) (History - Morman Leader Killed by Mob. & Wikipedia - Death of Joseph Smith)
- 2. Parish Lovejoy (1802-1837) - (America’s Story - Elijah Parish Lovejoy Was Killed by a Pro-slavery Mob Nov. 7 1837)
- 3. Ghulam Rasool Birhamani (1970-1980? --2010) (Wikipedia - Ghulam Rasool Birhamani) (died of head injury)
- 4. Brignol Lindor (1970-2001) (Wikipedia - Brignol Lindor) (chased by mob & hacked to death)
- 5.Elijah Parish Lovejoy (1802-1837) Wikipedia - Elijah Parish Lovejoy (killed by a mob for his anti-slavery sentiments)
- 6. Thomas Malbon, JP (1340-1407)
- 7. Houston Roberts
- 8. Brigadier-General James McCubbin Lingan
- 9. Paris Brumfield
- 10. William P. Thompson
- 11. Hypatia of Alexandria
- 12. Lord Alberic de Vere, II
- 13. Marshal Khan ( ? - 13 Apr 2017) Death of Mashal Khan
- 14. Mohammed Ayub Pandith The New York Times - Police Officer Beaten to Death by a mob in Kashmir, by Sameer Yasire & Nida Najar, 23 June 2017
- 15. Johan de Witt (1625-1672) (History extra - Is it true that an angry mob of Dutchmen killed and ate their own prime minister in 1672?)
- 16. Sir Robert Tresilian
- 17. Sir John Cavendish
Links For Further Reading:
- History - Morman Leader Killed by Mob.
- Wikipedia - Journalists killed by a mob
- Mobs rampage in North India leaves 32 killed
- Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles riots: Remember the 63 people who died
- Lynching in America: A History in Documents, edited by Christopher Waldrep. p. 206
- Lynching and the Law, By James Harmon Chadbourn. pg.37-40
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