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Woman accused of witchcraft gunned down in Gaza
2010-08-19
Those fingers in my hair
That 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

#4  add albinos to the smuggling tunnel inventory list?
Posted by: Frank G   2010-08-19 13:50  

#3  This kind of thing is to be expected from a group of people who still live in the 7th century.
Posted by: DarthVader   2010-08-19 11:38  

#2  Witchcraft you say? How do you know? Well, she turned me into a newt!

How can the crazy paleos tell a witch from the rest of the crazies? Just asking.
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-08-19 09:22  

#1  So if she was a witch it would be okay to kill her...
Posted by: Phosing Big Foot3926   2010-08-19 03:00  

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