US EditionIndian villagers beat five to death for 'witchcraft'
BIHAR, INDIA, JUL 8 – Three suspects have been arrested after villagers accused a family of five of witchcraft and killed them, reflecting ongoing superstition-related violence in rural India.
- On July 8, villagers in Bihar, India, killed a family of five after accusing them of witchcraft and disposed of their bodies in a nearby lake.
- This attack followed the death of a boy, and the main suspect believed the family had caused it through witchcraft, reflecting longstanding superstition and land disputes.
- The victims and perpetrators belonged to the Oraon tribe in Bihar, which remains one of India's poorest states with widespread belief in witchcraft, especially in rural tribal areas.
- More than 1,500 people, mostly women, were killed in India between 2010 and 2021 on suspicion of witchcraft, with recent arrests including three confessing suspects in this case.
- This event highlights ongoing violence fueled by superstition and greed, despite some states, including Bihar, introducing laws to curb witchcraft-related crimes.
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The Straits TimesIndian villagers beat five to death for ‘witchcraft’
NEW DELHI: Indian villagers beat a family of five to death and dumped their corpses in a lake accusing them of “practicing witchcraft” after the death of a boy, police said Tuesday. Three people have been arrested and have confessed to the crime, police in the northern state of Bihar said in a statement. Three women — including a 75-year-old — were among those murdered. The
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