A FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD man has been hacked to death by unknown people on suspicion that he was practising witchcraft. Muchinga Province Commissioner of Police Lemmy Kajoba said yesterday that an axe was found stuck in the neck of the victim at the time police picked the body. Read more here.
November the 8th: Top lawyer accuses estranged wife of witchcraft in a sensational child custody case
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8th of November: A 91-year-old medicine manwas murdered by his 35-year-old nephew, who accused him of practicing witchcraft. Ream more here.
November the 9th: The people of Ejaa community, in Itabono-Owukpa, Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State were thrown into confusion yesterday when a group of young men took a corpse of a man who allegedly died mysteriously to the house of another man, identified as Mr. George Onuh and abandoned the corpse there till the early hours of today (Saturday), alleging that Mr. George was responsible for the deceased’s death. Read more here.
10th of November: A woman in Saptari district has been subjected to persistent physical torture in the charge of witchcraft. Even after spending three years in torment and social disgrace, justice still eludes her. Read more here.
10th November: The Pakistani Taliban have accused Islamabad of having resorted to witchcraft to do away with leader of the Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) group Hakimullah Mehsud. Read more here.
November the 10th: A 30-year-old woman of Nuwakot was abused and expelled from her house by no other than her own family over allegation of practicing witchcraft. Police said Ashadevi Nepali of Sundaradevi VDC-7, Tame, was burnt with hot iron and thrashed black and blue before being expelled from her house. Her in-laws, including her husband Sanubabu Nepali, had meted out the inhuman treatment accusing her of being a ‘witch’. Read more here.
10th of November: A woman at Sundaradevi in the district has been displaced after her husband and relatives reportedly thrashed her on the charge of practising witchcraft. Read more here.
11th of November: A 6-month-old baby’s mutilated body has been found in Diepsloot. The baby’s mother reported the death to police early on Sunday morning, claiming that her child had been eaten by rats, but when police arrived on the scene the mother had disappeared. Read more here.
11th of November: Under an initiative of the Assam State Legal Services Authority (ASLSA), various state government agencies have come together to prepare a comprehensive road map to eliminate the menace. The decision to prepare the road map was taken at a meeting held here on November the 6th, which was chaired by former executive chairman of ASLSA Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari and attended by representatives from the social welfare department, police, district authorities, health and family welfare department, among others. Justice Ansari relinquished the executive chairman’s post a couple of days ago after he was shifted from Gauhati High Court to Patna High Court. Read more here.
