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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:19 AM
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Kenyans burn alive 11 'witches'
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Source: BBC News

Eleven women accused of being witches have been burned to death by a mob in the west of Kenya, police say.

A security operation has been launched to hunt down villagers suspected of killing the women in Kisii District.

The area has witnessed similar attacks in the past when people suspected of engaging in witchcraft have been killed or ostracised.

But correspondents say that this is a surprisingly large number of people to be attacked at the same time.


Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7413268.stm


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