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East Timor: Now that they don't have to worry about their neighbours in Indonesia killing them and taking over the country, it appears that this has freed up time for the bampots to find other methods of entertainment. Burning witches has a long history amongst the more religiously insane, so why should a little original thought stand in the way of loony fundies.
Officials say three women accused of being witches have been killed in East Timor before their bodies were burned along with their house in East Timor.
The three women, aged 70, 50 and about 25, were killed on Saturday evening in Liquica, about 40 kilometres west of the capital, Dili.
Alas, the story is little more than a stub pulled off the wire and doesn't have much in the way of details. There is no mention of why the women were accused of being witches, although the usual reasons are independence, free thought and the crime of being a local healer, so expect much the same has happened here. As East Timor is overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country, I think we can see where to point the finger.
'Witches' murdered in E Timor—ABC NewsOnline, 9th January 2007 (via redwolf.newsvine.com).
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1: Posted by: Red Wolf | January 10, 2007 9:11 PM
There's a followup article stating three suspects have been arrested, but it's mostly a rehash of the article mentioned here and there are still no real details.
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