Friday, February 8, 2013

Accused Witch Burned Alive in Papua New Guinea; Was Accused of Sorcery in Death of 6-Year-Old Boy

A mob stripped, tortured, and bound a woman accused of witchcraft -- then burned her alive in front of hundreds of witnesses -- in Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, police said today (February 8, 2013), after one of the highest profile sorcery-related murders in this South Pacific island nation, according to the USA Today website.

Hundreds of bystanders -- including many children -- watched, and some took photographs of the brutal slaying on February 6. The Papua New Guinea prime minister, police, and diplomats condemned the killing.

The death was the first sorcery-related murder in Papua New Guinea in a year, national police spokesman Dominic Kakas said.

Kepari Leniata -- a 20-year-old mother -- had been accused of sorcery by relatives of a 6-year-old boy who died in a hospital the day before. Prime Minister Pete O'Neill said he had instructed police to use all available manpower to bring the killers to justice.

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