US EditionTwo Men Sentenced to Prison in Zambia for Plotting to Kill the President with Witchcraft
Two men, hired by a fugitive former MP and promised over $80,000, were convicted under the Witchcraft Act for attempting to harm President Hichilema with charms and rituals.
- Two men were sentenced to two years in prison in Zambia for attempting to use witchcraft to kill President Hakainde Hichilema.
- The men, Leonard Phiri and Jasten Mabulesse Candunde, were convicted under the Witchcraft Act after being arrested with charms, including a live chameleon.
- The magistrate said the convicts were 'enemies of all Zambians' and that the chameleon's tail, if pricked in a ritual, would cause death within five days.
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2 men sentenced to prison in Zambia for plotting to kill the president with witchcraft
Two men have been sentenced to two years in prison with hard labor under a witchcraft law for plotting to kill Zambia's president using charms and spells.
2 witch doctors jailed for attempting to bewitch Zambian president
Leonard Phiri of Zambia, and Jasten Mabulesse Candunde of Mozambique, found guilty of possessing various charms, including live chameleon, practicing witchcraft in their attempted plot to harm Hakainde Hichilema - Anadolu Ajansı
Zambia court jails two men in ‘witchcraft’ plot to kill president - Zimbabwe News Now
LUSAKA, Zambia — A judge in Zambia on Monday sentenced two men to two-year terms in prison with hard labour after they were convicted of plotting to kill the president using witchcraft. The men, a Zambian and a Mozambican national, were convicted under a colonial-era witchcraft law last week. The court found that they had been in possession of charms, including a live chameleon, an animal tail and 12 bottles of concoctions and had intended to us…
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