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An unmarried couple was publicly stoned to death in eastern Mali, in the first such incident since jihadist groups took control of the area.

"The Islamists dug two pits big enough for the man and woman who lived together but were not married," said a local source. "They were stoned to death."

The execution took place on Tuesday. Local sources added that the public was invited to take part and participate in the stoning. "Four people threw stones at them until they died."

A local resident said the gang leader accused the couple of "violating the laws of Islam," which requires the punishment of death by stoning.

The Human Rights Protection Association described the stoning incident this week as a "cowardly murder."

The stoning event took place on the eve of the visit of the new French president, Emmanuel Macron, in Mali.

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A Palestinian mob surrounds a car reportedly driven by an Israeli in Hawara, near Nablus, on May 18, 2017.

Some 200 Palestinian Arabs rioted and threw rocks at passing vehicles near the village of Huwara in Samaria on Thursday.

According to Palestinian reports, a Jewish "settler" at the scene opened fire on two rock-throwers. One of them was killed and the other seriously wounded.

Arutz Sheva has information that the resident who was forced to defend his life against impending lynching at the hands of terrorists is a resident of Itamar in Samaria, father of 8, a social worker, who was on his way home to his children after making purchases in the Binyamin region.

He was detained after the incident and said that he felt a danger to his life and shot in the air.

Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council, spoke with the Commander of the Samaria regional brigade, encouraged him, and received an update from relevant officials. "We must act with zero tolerance against terrorists seeking to bring routine life to a halt and, put simply, attack residents. We encourage IDF soldiers in their activity for the defense of the citizens of the state of Israel."

He added, "It is forbidden to handle terrorists with kid gloves. It cannot be that a mother goes out with her son in the morning for a doctor's appointment or to work and is attacked in broad daylight."

He backed the resident forced to open fire. "I completely back the resident who protected his life and that of those around him from the attackers," he said.

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