26 arrested In Afghanistan for beating and burning to death of woman wrongly accused of Qur’an burning

Farkhunda, 27,  was buried Sunday in a funeral attended by hundreds of people. She  was beaten to death by an angry mob for allegedly burning a Quar'an,but  according to investigations she was innocent of the allegations.

Farkhunda, was also tossed off a bridge, had her body set on fire, and was thrown in a river. 

Farkhunda’s coffin was carried by an all-female group of women’s rights activists, dressed entirely in black.

The women chanted, “We want justice,” and other slogans, Although the killing was condemned by the country’s president and other officials, some religious leaders praised the attack.

One prominent cleric said that the men had the right to kill Farkhunda because they had to defend their faith, according to Reuters.