Mali Teenager Publicly Whipped For Talking To Men

A teenager in Timbuktu was given 60 lashes after being accused of talking to a man in the street.

“The Islamists charged that the girl was warned five times by Islamist police but she continued to speak to men in the street. After the hearing, the Islamists gave 60 lashes to the girl. The population did not turn out in large numbers to attend this flogging,” said Ousmane Maiga, a Timbuktu resident contacted by phone from Bamako.

The public whipping took place at around 11 a.m. local time in front of the new headquarters of the Islamic police in downtown Timbuktu, next to Independence Square.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.