Nepal mob burns ‘witch’ alive in horrifying attack

The atmosphere was tense in Madi village following the murder, he added, with
Mahato’s neighbours refusing to allow police to take her body away for a
post-mortem examination.

The village, inhabited by ethnic Tharus and other indigenous tribespeople, is
a 90-minute drive from the nearest town of Bharatpur.

Hundreds of lower-caste women are thought to suffer abuse at the hands of “witch
hunters” every year in Nepal, where superstition and caste-based
discrimination remain rife and where most communities still operate on
strict patriarchal lines.

Human rights campaigners say the perpetrators of such crimes are rarely
brought to justice.

Source: AFP

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