Snapshot from video shows Hundreds in Afghanistan Protest Mob Killing.
The first trial of suspects in the mob killing of an Afghan woman has begun in the capital Kabul.
The trial, which is being broadcast live on TV, opened Saturday and charges 49 suspects, including several police officers, in relation to the March 19 killing of a 27-year-old woman named Farkhunda.
Prosecutors allege she was beaten to death in a frenzied attack sparked by a bogus accusation that she had burned a copy of the Quran.
The killing shocked many Afghans, though some public and religious figures said it would have been justified if she in fact had damaged a copy of the Muslim holy book.
The incident sparked a civil society movement to limit the power of clerics, strengthen the rule of law and improve women's rights.
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