Pakistani villagers 'stone woman'

Reports from Pakistan say villagers in southern Sindh province have stoned and beaten a 100-year-old woman after they said she had tried to eat a new-born baby.

A newspaper report in the leading English-language daily, the Dawn, said the woman was beaten unconscious on Sunday by a mob armed with stones and clubs.

She had allegedly entered a family home in Shahpat village and tried to eat a baby.

It is not known if the child was hurt.

Police reportedly handcuffed the woman, but the mob continued to throw stones while the police looked on passively.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service