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Title: Nepalese woman accused of witchcraft and burned alive
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CNN
URL Source: http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/18/world ... t-burning/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Published: Feb 18, 2012
Author: Manesh Shrestha
Post Date: 2012-02-18 16:48:30 by A K A Stone
Keywords: None
Views: 3679
Comments: 18
Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) -- A 40-year-old mother of two was burned alive in central Nepal after she was accused of being a witch, police said Saturday. Dhegani Mahato was attacked and set on fire by family members and others after a shaman allegedly accused her of casting a spell to make one of her relatives sick, Police Officer Hira Mani Baral said. The attack occurred Friday in Bagauda in Chitwan district, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, Baral said by telephone. Police arrested 10 people, including two shamans, five women and an 8-year-old boy, in connection with the burning. "Those arrested have confessed to their crime and will be charged with murder," Baral said. Mahato had just finished cleaning a cowshed early in the morning when she was attacked, Baral said. She was beaten with sticks and rocks before being doused with kerosene and set afire, an attack witnessed by her 9-year-old daughter, according to the local police report. Neighbors told police they were alerted to the attack but by then it was too late to save her. Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai appealed to the people not to heed to shamans and faith healers. The government announced 1 million Nepalese rupees (about $14,000) in compensation for Mahato's two children.
Poster Comment: a shaman allegedly accused her of casting a spell Uh. Isn't a shaman a witch too?
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#1. To: A K A Stone (#0)
Only if the shaman weighs as much as a duck.
Tag line: I wuz HACKED, cuz I SAY so! (Boris Y) "I'd vote for obama" (Mad Dog, Paul voter) IF RonniePAULIE runs as a repukelican't, (OR even as a demonRAT), against the messiah "king" obammy; I'd vote FOR him.
To save the planet from toxic polution, I suggest that we not burn all of those here who make us sick. Beating them with sticks and rocks would probably be OK though.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
If this woman were a real witch, and her spells worked, every able bodied American would know those spells by now, and every corrupt polititian in Washington today would be dropping like flies....jmho!
(Ferret Mike: "The best way to lead is by example. If we got rid of nuclear weapons, it would be profoundly easier to justify acting against other nations should they act to develop them.")
hondo, what's going on at LP??? yukie and marguerite haven't posted in days?
Yes, a great tragedy. Maybe they eloped and are honeymooning at Newts LGBT moon colony?
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
i don't think her and yukie get along, i understand that one look at her naked turned him to men.
So,you think they are married?
"It is impossible to talk reason with those who can only parrot Party Slogans." sneakypete Sept 2011 Stay Hungry...Stay Foolish --Steve Jobs Steve Jobs,life-long Dim,and major Barry Soetoro supporter.
This is pure speculation but its possible Yukon got the boot. Like in the Godfather Goldi may have taken Yukon on a little one way fishin trip to the lake.
yukon may have "abdicated" again, but at least lubricator is there taking up the slack.
doubtful, he rolled like a little bitch when she warned him
I think it is that ye ol' "I Wuz Hacked" CT coming up again. March 27th isn't too far away is it? Someone is to blame for all of these shenanigans! And, wouldn't you know it.... IT IS THE EVENTFUL SUNDAY, right now!
Someone is to blame for all of these shenanigans! And, wouldn't you know it.... IT IS THE EVENTFUL SUNDAY, right now! they might be doing a DRESS rehearsal prior to commencing another special op at LF. as in finding the proper dress to wear
I like that rehearsal idea... but it is getting really SLOWWW opening up to the first ACT of the 2012 LP curtains. I wonder who is behind that curtain, anyway? Who could be managing the scripts this year? What happened to that LP chit-chat channel without all the yukon crap? Their ratings have dwindled to a trickle....
My guess is that the admiral, tater, or yukie "mistakenly" posts a link to a porn site, "proving" they're not GAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. If only goats could talk.
Tag line: I wuz HACKED, cuz I SAY so! (Boris Y) "I'd vote for obama" (Mad Dog, Paul voter) IF RonniePAULIE runs as a repukelican't, (OR even as a demonRAT), against the messiah "king" obammy; I'd vote FOR him.
There are new posters on LP, today taking up the slack... GI is getting his ass kicked. What happened to all the LP elite?
What happened to all the LP elite? They're in mourning because no one will debate Newt.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
Why would ANYONE debate on a thread challenging an obvious airehead named "Newt"? He left his office in the late 1990s in total publick disgrace and can't recover as a self-acclaimed "conservative." Perhaps someone can explain what "Newt" is all about beyond his wife.
If GI is a cop, I'm the Prince of Wales. The GI screenname uses inflammatory statements to get people to respond. GI has got to be the biggest liberal that ever lived. GI doesn't have the balls to come here because it would be exposed in a heartbeat for what it is. Dunno. All the political boards on the internet have been reduced to nothing more than chat boards by the likes of GI. They (the boards) are less "dangerous" that way. That's his function. Nothing more. Kind of like Limbaugh, Hannity et al. After YEARS of TALKING, nothing's changed. Window dressing.
Tag line: I wuz HACKED, cuz I SAY so! (Boris Y) "I'd vote for obama" (Mad Dog, Paul voter) IF RonniePAULIE runs as a repukelican't, (OR even as a demonRAT), against the messiah "king" obammy; I'd vote FOR him.
Isn't a shaman a witch too?
#2. To: A K A Stone, *Yukon neo-Progressive Vermin* (#0)
casting a spell to make one of her relatives sick
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#3. To: A K A Stone (#0)
"Dhegani Mahato was attacked and set on fire by family members and others after a shaman allegedly accused her of casting a spell to make one of her relatives sick"
#4. To: hondo68 (#2)
#5. To: calcon (#4)
yukie and marguerite haven't posted in days?
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#6. To: hondo68 (#5)
#7. To: calcon (#6)
i don't think her and yukie get along
#8. To: calcon, buckeroo (#4)
(Edited)
what's going on at LP??? yukie and marguerite haven't posted in days?
#9. To: NewsJunky (#8)
#10. To: NewsJunky, buckeroo (#8)
This is pure speculation but its possible Yukon got the boot. Like in the Godfather Goldi may have taken Yukon on a little one way fishin trip to the lake.
#11. To: calcon, NewsJunky (#10)
#12. To: buckeroo, NewsJunky (#11)
I think it is that ye ol' "I Wuz Hacked" CT coming up again. March 27th isn't too far away is it?
#13. To: calcon (#12)
#14. To: calcon, buckeroo, NewsJunky (#12)
#15. To: Wood_Chopper (#14)
#16. To: buckeroo, *Yukon neo-Progressive Vermin* (#15)
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#17. To: hondo68 (#16)
#18. To: buckeroo (#15)
(Edited)
GI is getting his ass kicked.
What happened to all the LP elite?
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