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Violence related to sorcery accusations is an increasing problem in Papua New Guinea. Photo: 123RF WARNING: This story contains graphic content that some readers may find upsetting. When a young boy died suddenly in Tatape Village in Papua New Guinea s (PNG) highlands, his relatives said dark forces were at work. Four women were accused of using sanguma - a local term for sorcery or witchcraft - to kill the child. Sergeant Daniel Olabe from the Hela Police Command alleges the boy s father and others led their tribesmen to where the women were selling baked flour in a local market. Eventually they got one of the ladies… and tortured her, he said.

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