Christopher Dillingham believed his girlfriend had caused evil satanical spirits to take over his pup, according to cops. So the fireworks shop owner allegedly strapped an explosive device to its back and detonated it outside his home. Read more here.
A woman in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district castrated a man after he allegedly attempted to rape her. The 19-year-old man, who has been admitted to a hospital in a critical condition, claimed he was attacked without any provocation. Read more here.
Witchcraft came about in the course of attempts by human beings to make sense of the world, to give meaning to their lives, and provide explanations of events and happenings in the world. Witchcraft is our creation and invention. Witchcraft is our idea. Witchcraft is actually our –human-craft, not the witch’s craft. But human creations can be misinformed and mistaken, human inventions can be misused and turned into weapons to tyrannize over the lives of people, or be used as tools of oppression, abuse and exploitation of vulnerable members of the population. So it iswith witchcraft. Read more here.
Durban – A man accused of raping three women, whom he allegedly dragged into a bush near Umbilo Park and bound and gagged, says he was “influenced” by muti. Read more here.
Kilifi,Kenya: Kilifi police are holding a man they claim is the killer behind ten deaths since 2004 in Ganze District. Read more here.
Three, people, including an old man who was butchered by unidentified people on suspicion of witchcraft at Lumbila Village, Mbozi District in Mbeya Region, died in separate incidents over the weekend. Read more here.
VARDOE, Norway, July 06, 2013 (AFP) – Four centuries ago in the remote Norwegian Arctic, a region known as the “Gates of Hell” for its harsh climes, dozens of women were prosecuted for witchcraft and killed. Read more here.
THE police in Plateau State have arrested a 21-year-old man who slaughtered an eight-year-old boy and removed his eyes for ritual purposes. Read more here.
A man was allegedly tortured and forced to eat dog’s excreta by eight of his relatives for practising suspected witchcraft at Mawutieng in East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, police said today. Read more here.
Historical records indicate that, worldwide, witch hunts occur more often during cold periods, possibly because people look for scapegoats to blame for crop failures and general economic hardship. Fitting the pattern, scholars argue that cold weather may have spurred the infamous Salem witch trials in 1692. Read more here.
