Women Burned at Stake for "Witchcraft"

pretty damn appalling.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/18/world/asia/nepal-witchcraft-burning/index.html

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kathmandu, nepal (cnn) -- 40-year-old mother of 2 burned alive in central nepal after accused of being witch, police said saturday.
dhegani mahato attacked , set on fire family members , others after shaman allegedly accused of casting spell make 1 of relatives sick, police officer hira mani baral said.
attack occurred friday in bagauda in chitwan district, 80 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of nepalese capital, kathmandu, baral said telephone.
police arrested 10 people, including 2 shamans, 5 women , 8-year-old boy, in connection burning.
"those arrested have confessed crime , charged murder," baral said.
mahato had finished cleaning cowshed in morning when attacked, baral said.
beaten sticks , rocks before being doused kerosene , set afire, attack witnessed 9-year-old daughter, according local police report.
neighbors told police alerted attack late save her.
prime minister baburam bhattarai appealed people not heed shamans , faith healers.
government announced 1 million nepalese rupees (about $14,000) in compensation mahato's 2 children.

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yes, awful @ time, - , painful reminder of horrible historical legacy of publicly licenced misogyny in parts of west lasted until few hundred years ago - awful think can still happen in day , age.

 

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