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Seven witchcraft suspects burned to death in Tanzania
[NEWS.YAHOO] Seven people accused of witchcraft have been burned alive in Tanzania, police said Friday, adding they have nabbedYouse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! 23 people in connection with the crimes. "They were attacked and burnt to death by a mob of villagers who accused them of engaging in witchcraft," the police chief for the western Kigoma region which borders Burundi, Jafari Mohammed, told AFP. "Five of those killed were aged over 60, while the other two were aged over 40," he added. Among those arrested on suspicion of carrying out the killings was the local traditional healer, or witch doctor. Relatives of those killed described horrific scenes, with the bodies of family members hacked with machetes or burned almost beyond recognition. "When I returned home in the evening, I found the body of my mother lying 10 metres away from our house, while the body of my father was burnt inside the house," said Josephat John, according to Tanzania's Mwananchi newspaper. Posted by: Fred 2014-10-11 |
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