Three sisters have appeared in court for causing alarm to members of the public after calling their grandmother a witch.
The trio appeared before Ndola Chief Resident Magistrate Paul Chisha for conduct likely to cause the breach of peace.
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At least 13 people were arrested Saturday for their alleged involvement in the murder of three members of a family in Assam on suspicion of practicing witchcraft, police said.
The victims were identified as Rajendra Brahma (65), his wife Bangali Brahma (60) and their 35-year-old daughter Malati Brahma, police said.
“Some villagers suspected the family of practicing witchcraft and killed them on the night of March 19,” said Inspector General of Police.
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An elderly man was killed and his private parts chopped off at Ziwa La Furunzi area within Malindi district in Kilifi County on Thursday.
The elderly man is said to have been killed by unknown people on suspicion that he had bewitched his own son who has since died. His head and private parts were severed and deposited beside his body. According to a source, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of arrest, the man was killed following the mysterious demise of one of his sons.
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The family of a 62-year-old woman who was shot to death at her home in Barangay Maananteng, Solsona, Ilocos Norte still cannot understand why the lady was killed. The family of Juliana Ancheta said their matriarch does not have any known enemies.
A rumor have been circulating however that she is a witch (“mangkukulam”). Ancheta’s daughter, Leilanie, could not help but react to such a rumor. She called on those who have been spreading the rumor to respect her family.
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Lutsangani Secondary School in Kilifi south subcounty was closed on Tuesday after students complained of torture through witchcraft when they go to bed. The BOG arrived at the decision after the students threatened to go home on Monday night.
Little Thierry Muchapirei enjoys football and plays in a local park with his friends just like any other 10-year-old. And mum Cynthia Mukubvu says he’s transformed her life for the better.
But she revealed at first she struggled to cope when told he had Down’s syndrome. Cynthia, 33, who lives in Hamilton with partner George Muchapirei, 35, three-year-old daughter Taya and Thierry, grew up in Zimbabwe where the condition was often associated with witchcraft and misfortune.
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International human rights groups, 21st Century Witchcraft Accusations and Persecution and Human Rights Information Network (WHRIN) are putting pressure on the United Nation to stop the alleged de-humanisation of persons suspected to be witches and wizards in Nigeria and Africa.
The groups said unless the UN take urgent steps to check the abuses of those suspected to have magical powers to kill easily, the mob action on them would continue as members of the public are ready to lynch them at the slightest suspicion.
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A tribal family has been living in fear away from home after the members were branded witches by a kangaroo court.
Though the Malda administration knows about their plight, no move has yet been taken to help them return to their house in Raylapara village under Malda police station.
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Laxmidevi Dhami of Haripur has allegedly been assaulted “for practising witchcraft and killing her sister-in-law Mantoriyadevi”.
According to Laxmidevi, local people led by her brothers-in-law brought the body of Mantoriyadevi at her house on Sunday night and assaulted her asking her to bring Mantoriyadevi back to life by undoing the spell.
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Before I went to Ghana I had no idea there were witches there. For me, witchcraft accusations were of historical interest, not a contemporary concern. How wrong I was.
Witchcraft accusations are very real. And very destructive.
I am not alone in my ignorance. Most of the people I’ve talked to about my experience visiting Kukuo—one of several camps for alleged witches in northern Ghana—reacted just about the same way as I did: “There are still witchcraft accusations? That many? In the 21st century? Accusations that are taken seriously?”
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