The lifeless body of a 14-year-old boy was discovered at the back of the cemetery at Majozi village last Thursday morning. It is alleged that the body has a gorged skull and was missing its private parts. It is suspected that the deceased is another victim of ritual murder. Read more here.
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean police on Thursday arrested four people accused of burning a baby alive in a ritual because the leader of the sect believed that the end of the world was near and that the child was the antichrist. Read more here.
Youth of Ohaji in Imo state, on Tuesday caught a man who was trying to gather the remains of accident victims on the Owerri Port Harcourt express road,after the Army Barracks in Obinze. Read more here.
A 27-year-old man was stabbed to death yesterday evening at Kerinkan village, Trans Mara. Confirming the incident, Trans Mara Deputy OCPD Francis Mwangi said Richard Lang’at met the deceased in the village and accused him of having bewitching his daughter. Read more here.
Three residents of Kibooro, Burungu and Nyakaina villages in Kabarole District survived lynching on Monday over suspicion that they were cannibals. Read more here.
RANCHI: As property prices have shot up exorbitantly, land has become more valuable in Jharkhand than anything else. Even relation comes second. There have been a number of incidents where father has been killed by his sons for land and money. Many of the widows are branded witch by her relatives and killed for property. Almost one person is killed every day in the state in disputes over property. Surprisingly, Jharkhand reports more cases of killings than its neighboring states over such disputes. Read more here.
If you throw a stone into a random crowd in any part of Uganda, chances are you will hit someone who believes in witchcraft. And it does not matter whether the setting is the dusty taxi park or the parking lot of the spa at a Serena hotel – from all walks of life, this witchcraft business permeates our society, our behaviour and our thinking. It is the solution for all things and the excuse for a host of others. Read more here.
Johannesburg – The trial of three men and a minor accused of killing a teenage girl in an alleged satanic ritual was postponed by the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Read more here.
SURAT: A 55-year-old woman was branded a ‘witch’ and murdered by her nephew at Vagheshwar village of Mahuva taluka in Surat on Sunday night. The 35-year-old accused Arjun Halpati, who was arrested on Monday, told police that he could see spirits in her eyes. Read more here.
Two men were yesterday left dazed and drowsy after a witchdoctor allegedly administered a potent to flash out robbers A businessman in Machakos hired the witchdoctor to track down thugs who robbed him of Sh140,000 last week. Read more here.
