Honduran police arrest five after mob of 600 lynches Italian man

Honduran police officers detain a man on suspicion for his role in killing Italian national Giorgio Scanu, 65, who was lynched by a mob of more than 600 villagers in revenge for allegedly murdering a homeless man, according to the government, in Santa Ana de Yusguare, Honduras July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran police on Friday arrested five suspects for their role in killing an Italian man, who was lynched by a mob of more than 600 villagers in revenge for allegedly murdering a homeless man, the government said.

The villagers on Thursday attacked 65-year-old Giorgio Scanu with stones, sticks and machetes at his residence in the town of Santa Ana de Yusguare, in the southern Honduran department of Choluteca, the security ministry said.