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The Associated Press via google: Kenya mob kills 11 accused of being witches

A group of up to 300 young men killed 11 people who were accused of being witches and wizards in western Kenya, in some cases slitting their throats or clubbing them to death before burning their bodies, officials said.

The gang moved home to home through two villages, using a list of suspected witches and wizards and the kind of spells they were believed to have cast on the community, said Ben Makori, a local councilor.

"The villagers are complaining that the (suspected) wizards and witches are making the bright children in the community dumb ... These (suspected) witches are not doing good things to us," Makori told The Associated Press.



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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu May 22nd, 2008 at 06:49:33 AM EST
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The villagers are complaining that the (suspected) wizards and witches are making the bright children in the community dumb

Well, they certainly seem to have succeeded with 300 of them.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu May 22nd, 2008 at 06:59:53 AM EST
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