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Seychelles drops witchcraft charges against opposition's Patrick Herminie
He had always denied the accusations and speaking outside court on Thursday described them as "malicious action".
The police had said the case related to the discovery of two bodies exhumed from a cemetery on the island of Mahé.
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Prosecutors originally alleged that the opposition leader's name appeared in a WhatsApp message between a Seychellois national and a Tanzanian suspect, who was arrested last September at the main international airport.
The Tanzanian was found with items allegedly related to witchcraft, including stones, black wooden artefacts, small bottles of brownish liquid, a collection of powders and documents with strange language and "demonic and satanic" symbols, they said.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68307827
The police had said the case related to the discovery of two bodies exhumed from a cemetery on the island of Mahé.
...
Prosecutors originally alleged that the opposition leader's name appeared in a WhatsApp message between a Seychellois national and a Tanzanian suspect, who was arrested last September at the main international airport.
The Tanzanian was found with items allegedly related to witchcraft, including stones, black wooden artefacts, small bottles of brownish liquid, a collection of powders and documents with strange language and "demonic and satanic" symbols, they said.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68307827
