South Africa: Witchcraft accused flees community
Durban – A man accused of witchcraft had to flee after he was assaulted and his home burnt down in Ndwedwe. Read more here.
Durban – A man accused of witchcraft had to flee after he was assaulted and his home burnt down in Ndwedwe. Read more here.
There was drama at a hotel in Malindi yesterday after eight witchdoctors staged a traditional witch-hunting exercise following claims that the premise has been bewitched.Read more here.
ROLPA: Police detained 34-year-old Bir Bahadur Gharti of Dhabang, Rolpa, on the charge of inflicting mental torture on a village girl by accusing her of witchcraft. Read more here.
The Nigeria Police, Kogi State Command, has paraded 13 suspects for various criminal activities in the state. Among them is one Mudi Ibrahim, who was nabbed while trying to enlist into the Army and Yahaya Isah, a serving councillor and an 11-year-old boy in connection with the killing of a 17-year-old girl for rituals. Read more here.
A middle aged man, Mr. Felix Lawson, has allegedly beheaded his six-year-old step-son, Effiong Lawson (fondly called Ifanyi) in Onna local Govt area of Akwa Ibom State. Read more here.
(BRUSSELS ITCCS) – Ritual abuse survivor organizations in the United States embracing over three thousand people have joined forces with Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Kevin Annett of the ITCCS to expose national and international child trafficking networks. Read more here.
A woman has called for more understanding for witches, after bringing up her two daughters to be proud to practise witchcraft.Read more here.
PALM COAST, Fla. — A man put a voodoo curse on his sister and attacked the man dating her with a machete, according to a Flagler County Sheriff’s Office police report. Read more here.
Butaleja police have recovered the torso of a 10-year-old unidentified boy believed to have been a victim of a ritual murder. The torso was found lying on Tuesday morning in a pool of blood at Dumanghale Rock near Mpologoma swamp in Budumba Sub County. Vincent Otyeng, the Officer in charge Criminal Investigations Butaleja Central Police Station says the torso was discovered by some residents on their way to the garden, who immediately notified police. Read more here
Dhegani Mahato, a 40-year-old mother of two, was burned alive in Nepal after being declared a witch. The attack occurred Friday in Bagauda, 50 miles south of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu. According to police, Mahato was attacked by family members and other residents after a shaman accused her of casting a spell to make a relative sick. To read more click here