article_snippet: (CNN)The murder earlier this month of 27-year-old Farkhunda at the hands of a mob that beat her to death,  burned her body and tossed her into a river shocked Afghanistan, a country in which unspeakable things often hit the headlines.
article_snippet: 27-year-old woman was falsely accused of burning pages in the Holy Quran.  
article_snippet: What followed was the horror of mob rule, all captured on video while bystanders looked on.
article_snippet: Soon after the incident, the images of 27-year-old woman brutal slaying went viral on social media, noted Afghanistan's TOLO News.  
article_snippet: These platforms have served both to disseminate the images of 27-year-old woman savage beating and murder and as a means for convening those who are mobilizing and organizing to protest 27-year-old woman killing.
article_snippet: Last week, crowds chanted for days, calling for justice for Farkhunda and "death for 27-year-old woman killers.
article_snippet: And,Afghanistan's TOLO News reported, protests were held in different parts of the country, calling for the "ultimate penalty to the perpetrators.
article_snippet: Not only was 27-year-old woman murder captured and shared online, but some of those men arrested for her killing were found to have confessed via social media posts.
highlights_snippet: Murder of 27-year-old woman by mob in Afghanistan set social media ablaze with calls for justice .
  