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A 63-YEAR-OLD Indian woman has been dismembered and beheaded by machete-wielding villagers who accused her of practising witchcraft.
Seven people have been arrested over the death of Moni Orang, a mother of five who was seized from her home in the northeastern state of Assam yesterday after local priests said she was casting spells.
“The attackers armed with machetes and other crude implements descended on the village and took away Moni Orang from her house and then brutally killed her,” senior police official Manabendra Dev Roy told AFP.
“She was decapitated and her limbs were chopped off.”
Villagers today stormed the local police station to protest against the arrests.
“Moni was a witch and had cast evil spells on her enemies,” said villager Kiran Teronpi on local television.
“There is no place for such sorcerers and so her killing is justified.”
The victim’s husband R. Orang said his wife was “an innocent woman” and accused the priests of stoking “suspicion and provocation”.
Belief in witchcraft and the occult remains widespread in some impoverished and tribal-dominated areas of India.
In some cases women are stripped naked as punishment, burnt alive or driven from their homes and killed.
Some states including Jharkhand have introduced special laws to try to curb crimes against people accused of witchcraft.
- © AFP 2015.
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“practising witchcraft”. Right. Seems like they were fishing for an excuse to act like barbarians.
It’s never a man is it? It’s always a woman who is casting spells!! Poor woman.
Man is victim, my missus casted a spell on me before marraige, m still under it.
Yes, it’s pretty often men. That’s always been the way
http://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/witch/werror.html
‘Belief in witchcraft and the occult remains widespread in some impoverished and tribal-dominated areas of India.’ you say. it’s also widespread throughout the developed world actually, only we call it religion
I know I’ll probably be branded a racist for saying this but some cultures really need to start advancing socially. This type of behavior would be disgusting if it came from an animal let alone a ‘human’. Some of these people are so uninvolved it’s embarrassing to humanity as a whole.
That’s waycist, its part of their culture boss. Embrace it.
like working on the primary education english syllabus
Too many folk literally gettingg away with murder because of “culture”.
An embarassment to the human race.
Lack of a decent education keeps many ignorant.
Should arrest the f#@king priests. T’was they who accused her of casting spells and incited this atrocity. Pot – kettle – black.
They need to watch How the Universe Works.
Watch the world from where? Their mud huts in the jungle?
Local bar. They have a police force so why not a tv?
You wouldn’t use a remote control around there!
would you believe police forces pre-date tv
No way..
Disgusting.How inept could they be…
My God….
This country has nukes!!!!!!
And this country has nuclear weapons? Unbelievable. Takl about an ignorant and medieval mindset.
Was India always this bonkers? Or are we hearing more about it through social media?
If she weighss the same as a duck – she’s made of wood!
And therefore?
A WITCH!!!
We shall use my largest scales!
You have scales!!! It’s a lizard man, get him!!!!!
People scoff at belief in witches yet go to church every Sunday. Hmmmmmm…
Keith Barry wouldn’t last 5 minutes over there.
why is the journal reporting this? this kind of barbarism happens every day in developing countries. it’s just sensationalism.
Just like some parts in deep dark Africa. I don’t know why anyone is surprised at this?
Fuc$#&g morons
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