Woman attacked by mob after rumours she drove daughter-in-law to suicide

The mother-in-law is attacked in the street. Photo: Weibo.

BEIJING: An elderly woman was attacked by a crowd of angry people in eastern China after rumours went viral online about how she had allegedly abused her daughter-in-law and drove the younger woman to suicide, Chinese media reported.

The elderly woman’s daughter-in-law, 30, took her own life by jumping into a river from a bridge in Gaoyou in Jiangsu province on November 15, Thepaper.cn reported.