'WhatsApp murders': India struggles to combat crimes linked to messaging service

In the past year the murders of at least 30 people accused of being ‘child-lifters’ have been linked to platform

Indian authorities are scrambling to combat a spate of murders linked to rumours circulating on messaging application WhatsApp.

Eight people have been killed across the country in the past few days, after rumours spread on about child kidnappers on the loose and a video was circulated that purported to show a boy being snatched.

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