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Woman accused of witchcraft gunned down in Gaza
 Those fingers in my hairThat sly come hither stare that strips my conscience bare it's witchcraft.... GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- An elderly woman shot dead by unknown assailants on Tuesday evening in Gaza City had been accused by locals of witchcraft and practicing voodoo, officials said. Yeah, it ain't crazy enough over there. Let's toss witchcraft and voodoo into the equation... Jabriyeh Abu Kanas, 62, was shot in the chest as she sat with her husband in their garden on Al-Abeed Street, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights said. According to witnesses, an unknown assailant opened fire from a parked car in front of Abu Kanas' house. Ha! Guess she didn't see that coming! She was a witch, dummy, not a psychic... Medical sources told Ma'an that relatives brought Abu Kanas to the Ash-Shifa hospital and was pronounced dead upon arrival. Gaza emergency medicine director Muawiya Hassanein said the woman's body was taken to the coroner's office for autopsy and that police had opened an investigation into the apparent murder. Find any serpents in there, doc? The rights group condemned the murder and said it was the result of the ongoing "security chaos" in Gaza. The accusations launched against Abu Kanas were never proved, the group explained. Yeah, I'm sure the local holy man would've loved a shot at proving that one... Posted by: tu3031 2010-08-19 |
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