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| India: Mob sets two "witches" aflame |
| 2003-07-04 |
| Hat tip to WorldNetDaily. Two Indian tribal women suspected of being witches were burnt to death by a village mob in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, police said today. Police said the mob dragged 35-year-old Bahamay Kisku and 50-year-old Nanka Hembrom out of their huts, took them to a nearby field where they poured kerosine[sic] over them before setting them ablaze. The mob accused the two women of making another villager, Anant Hansda, ill. The acts of this mob have made me ill. Can I kill them? Women's rights groups have launched a campaign against gruesome attacks on helpless women in remote villages where the practice of sorcery is common among the tribal communities. Superstitious beliefs, black magic and demonology are integral to tribal custom in parts of eastern and north-eastern India. Most tribal communities practise indigenous religions, believed to be a mix of black magic and superstition that they believe cures ailments or can cast evil spells on adversaries. In most cases the victim's family or the villagers do not report the killings to police, and the authorities in the tribal-dominated areas ignore such reports. "Never happened. Nope. Nope. Nope." |
| Posted by:Dar |