Two out of three suspected phone robbers was set ablaze on Sunday evening by angry villagers in Imo State, HGS Media Plus reports.
The incident happened at Afor Akuma market square in Akuma community in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State.
It was gathered that the two suspects attempted to rob a woman of her phone when she went to the market to buy something.
HGS Media Plus learnt that the robbers who accosted the woman in a motorcycle at gun point asked her to give them her phone.
She however refused and alerted the villagers who immediately rushed out and attacked the suspects.
It was said that one of the robbers escaped and the other two were captured, beaten and set ablaze at the market square.