Old Testament-world, ctd

An Indian woman was tortured and beheaded after a priest accused her of witchcraft.

An elderly Indian woman was stripped naked and beheaded by villagers after a local priest accused her of witchcraft.

Mother-of-five Purni Orang was dragged from her home in the northeastern state of Assam and was hacked to death by more than a dozen local people wielding machetes.

The villagers blamed the 63-year-old for an illness that was afflicting their community.

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