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Elderly relatives accused of being WITCHES by their children so they can burn them alive and claim their inheritance
Kenyan grandmotherJuma Kalume Musunye was branded a witch
Her six grandchildren horrifically beat her and doused her in petrol
Millions of widows are evicted from their homes in Africa by relatives
Widows are often mistreated by relatives who want their land and property
By Reuters
Published: 00:01 GMT, 23 June 2016 | Updated: 14:39 GMT, 23 June 2016
Juma Kalume Musunye's six grandchildren beat her until she fell to the ground crying, and then doused her in petrol, claiming she had used witchcraft to paralyse their mother's hands.
'They wanted to kill me,' said the 65-year-old widow who lives on Kenya's coast, where the Mijikenda people traditionally blame witches for illness and misfortune.
'My son told them I had bewitched his wife.'
Hearing her screams, Musunye's neighbours rushed out and rescued her.
'I am really bitter,' she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation ahead of International Widows' Day on Thursday.
'I am old, my health is not good and my children do not care about me.'...
Elderly relatives accused of being WITCHES by their children so they can burn them alive and claim their inheritance
Kenyan grandmotherJuma Kalume Musunye was branded a witch
Her six grandchildren horrifically beat her and doused her in petrol
Millions of widows are evicted from their homes in Africa by relatives
Widows are often mistreated by relatives who want their land and property
By Reuters
Published: 00:01 GMT, 23 June 2016 | Updated: 14:39 GMT, 23 June 2016
Juma Kalume Musunye's six grandchildren beat her until she fell to the ground crying, and then doused her in petrol, claiming she had used witchcraft to paralyse their mother's hands.
'They wanted to kill me,' said the 65-year-old widow who lives on Kenya's coast, where the Mijikenda people traditionally blame witches for illness and misfortune.
'My son told them I had bewitched his wife.'
Hearing her screams, Musunye's neighbours rushed out and rescued her.
'I am really bitter,' she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation ahead of International Widows' Day on Thursday.
'I am old, my health is not good and my children do not care about me.'...