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Call for national response to "witch" killings in PNG
Updated at 12:29 pm today
A missionary in Papua New Guinea says the country needs a nationwide awareness campaign to stop the killing of people accused of sorcery or witchcraft.
Anton Lutz's comments follow an intervention in Enga province to save the lives of 17 women and children accused of being witches by villagers.
Mr Lutz, of the Lutheran Church, says during the intervention the person responsible, known as a witch finder, agreed to retract the accusations and admitted she had been bribed...
Call for national response to "witch" killings in PNG
Updated at 12:29 pm today
A missionary in Papua New Guinea says the country needs a nationwide awareness campaign to stop the killing of people accused of sorcery or witchcraft.
Anton Lutz's comments follow an intervention in Enga province to save the lives of 17 women and children accused of being witches by villagers.
Mr Lutz, of the Lutheran Church, says during the intervention the person responsible, known as a witch finder, agreed to retract the accusations and admitted she had been bribed...