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elderly people suspected of practising witchcraft were burnt to death in
western Kenya, police have said.
"They include four women and a man in their 80's who
were accused of having abducted a child," Kisii deputy police Commander
Manasseh Musyoka said yesterday.
The killings occurred at Bomatara Village in Mosocho Division.
A resident who declined to be named said the abducted child was found dumped on
the roadside.
"He was unconscious and when he regained it, he was able to tell the names
of his abductors. That is when a decision was reached in the village to hunt
them down. And they were all burnt in their houses," he said.
In March last year, 12 people, mainly elderly men and women were burnt to death
in Nyamira district in similar circumstances.
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