Posted on 10/06/2005 3:17:11 PM PDT by Rakkasan1
HYDERABAD, India -- Indian police arrested 67 women yesterday after a mob killed a barber suspected of practising black magic, an official said. Dozens more women were being sought by authorities.
The arrests came after the mob of about 150 women from the south Indian village of Muddireddypalli attacked the shop of a barber named Parvathalu on Tuesday, beating him and locking him inside before setting the building on fire, said C. Satyanarayana, a district official.
The villagers suspected he was practising black magic and held him responsible for the large number of deaths in the village in the past year, he said. The attack was prompted by the death of another woman earlier this week, the official said.
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women--can't live with them; can't live without them.
Deaths from witchcraft allegations are quite common in India. Usually it is women who are killed.
aren't you supposed to say you go girl
The world's largest democracy. The mind boggles.
Ya know, if the guy really WAS a powerful magician, and if he really DID kill many villagers, then he should have killed the mob with ease.
The proof that this poor barber is innocent, is the simple fact that not one member of the ladies auxillary mob spontaneously combusted or otherwise blew up.
This is another perfect argument for the right to bear arms.
A mob comes after me, I'm taking a few with me.
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