Five women ‘sorcerers’ slain in July 2020
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Five women ‘sorcerers’ slain in July 2020
PORT MORESBY: Five alleged women sorcerers were tortured to
death in Enga and Southern Highlands in July 2020, Police Comm David
Manning says.
He said three women from Southern Highlands’ Kagua and
two others aged 45 and 50 were killed and buried by members of a Catholic
Church.Comm Manning said the slaying occurred in July 2020 bin Wanapos, Laiagam
but its video was circulated only this year.
“If someone had come out early and said something,
these two women may still be alive, Instead the horrendous torture the endured
is no being seen clearly by the country (and the rest of the world),” he added.
The news break was published by The National:
Five women
died from injuries after being tortured by men
December 30, 2021The NationalNational
By MIRIAM ZARRIGA
FIVE women have died from injuries they received from men who tortured
them for allegedly practising sorcery in Enga and Southern Highlands, police
say.
Police Commissioner David Manning told The National that three
women died in Kagua, Southern Highlands.
Two aged 45 and 50 died in Enga and were buried by members of the Catholic
Church.
Comm Manning said the incident happened in July 2020 at Wanapos, Laiagam but
its video was circulated only this year.
“If someone had come out early and said something, these two women may be still
alive. Instead the horrendous torture they endured is now being seen clearly by
the country,” he added.
He said the payment of compensation by one of the men allegedly involved in the
death of the two women in Wanapos was “disappointing”.
“It means more work (for the police) to bring the men involved to justice and I
urge families of victims not to allow this perpetrators to come and pay
compensation to them for the death of their mother, sister, grandmother,” Comm
Manning said.
A man arrested for the torture of the women was allowed back into the community
at Wanapos after paying compensation to the women’s families.
He had escaped with others from the police cell in Wabag and returned to
Wanapos to pay a compensation of pigs and money.
Enga commander acting Supt Ephenes Nili told The National that the two women
were rescued by police and soldiers but later died from the injuries they had
received during the torture.
He also said another 30-year-old woman and a boy accused with the two women of
practising sorcery were rescued police and soldiers and now living in another
part of the province.
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