A mob beat to death 10 suspected robbers in eastern India today, police said.
Villagers in Bihar state's Vaishali district attacked the group this morning - beating them with fists, sticks and stones - believing that they had robbed nearby homes.
Television pictures later showed bloody corpses being piled onto the back of a truck. An 11th victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries, police said.
As with some mob attacks in recent weeks, villagers said the apathy of the police had forced them to mete out vigilante-style justice.
Earlier this week, an angry mob in Bihar attacked three men in the state after they were caught stealing a motorbike in southern Bihar's Nawada district.
One of their victims was blinded.
Within a few hours in the same district, another mob attacked young boys accused of stealing washing powder and partly shaved their heads before parading them in front of television cameras.
Last month, policemen in Bihar helped a mob beat up a suspected thief in front of a television camera, with one policeman tying the victim to his motorbike and dragging him along the road until he was unconscious.