Thursday, August 26, 2010

Mashable.com Three Teens Murdered After Appearing on Facebook “Kill List”

by Stan Schroeder

Three teenagers, whose names appeared on a “kill list” posted on Facebook alongside the names of 66 others, have been killed in the past 10 days in a southwestern Colombian town.

The Colombian police are investigating the case, but are unsure who posted the list, or why it contains these particular names.

According to CNN and local media outlets, two killings happened on August 15 — two days before the the list was posted on Facebook (Facebook) — warning the people named that they had three days to leave the town of Puerto Asis. At first the police thought the list was a joke, but then a second list with 31 additional names appeared, and a third person on the list was killed on August 20. Another young man was wounded while escaping the attackers.

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