Men avenged 'witchcraft' murder (South Africa)

News 24 (South Africa) ^ | September 6, 2007

[Stoat]

Men avenged 'witchcraft' murder
06/09/2007 20:19  - (SA)  

 

Johannesburg - Police say three men in the Mpoza municipality in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape have been arrested on Thursday for the murder of two men who they alleged had used witchcraft to kill their parents.

Spokesperson Mduduzi Godlwana said a 79-year-old man had been shot in the stomach and the back and a 31-year-old had been shot once on the neck.

"The men, who are brothers, admitted to killing the two and burning down their house," said Godlwana.

He said two cartridges of 9mm pistols were found on the scene and they also confiscated an unlicensed firearm allegedly used for the murders.

The three brothers are to appear in the Lusikisiki Magistrate's Court soon.

[Stoat]

More African witchcraft news

South Africa Mob stones father at grave (Witchcraft blamed)

Africa Nigerian lynched for witchcraft

Kenya Witchcraft stuff found in school (Also, mysterious stones fall from the sky)

Zimbabwe's Harry Potter (After 107 year ban, Mugabe legalizes witchcraft and wizardry)

Zim Bogus traditional healer held (Told woman to hire mermaids, use bull 'privates' to find car)

[Scythian]

I guess there is still plenty of room to spread the gospel, no doubt evil and sourcery truly exists, but when one is filled with the Holy Spirit there is no worry of such things.

[Abathar]

I just can’t figure out why their flag isn’t planted on the moon yet...

[USMCPOP]

They turned us into Newts!

[Stoat]

I just can’t figure out why their flag isn’t planted on the moon yet...

I suppose that one initial hurdle may have been the failure to produce sufficient takeoff thrust with the "magic" goat entrails placed atop the wicker-basket re-entry module.

[Krankor]

There’s always a fascinating story about Africa in the news. This was one of my favorites
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2850045.stm

[Jeff Chandler]

Aren’t we the superior culture. We believe that carbon dioxide is bad ju ju that will anger the earth godess, LOL!

[Joe 6-pack]

"He said two cartridges of 9mm pistols were found on the scene and they also confiscated an unlicensed firearm allegedly used for the murders. "

Right there's the problem. No way a licensed firearm would've ever thought of killing those two men.

[Stoat]

The cell phone was not found.

Oh Lawdy, that is just amazing, thank you for posting.

I also recall stories of multiple deaths of people trying to rescue chickens, etc.

I enjoy looking at photos of their animals and some of the scenery there, but I can't say that I've worked up enough enthusiasm to spring for a plane ticket for a vacation there.

I suppose that makes me a 'racist' in the eyes of some.

[Stoat]

Aren’t we the superior culture.

Western culture is indeed superior, and demonstrably so.

We believe that carbon dioxide is bad ju ju that will anger the earth godess, LOL!

Only "some" here believe that, and they are rightly pilloried as nutburgers.  There are nutburders in any society.

[aruanan]

I know a Liberian woman in the United States who forbade her children from answering the home phone because, she said, there was a problem with Nigerian witches in Philadelphia and that if the kids answered the phone the witches would kill them over the wire. For some reason, she didn't seem too worried about cell phone usage. I asked why, if they had that kind of power, they even had to bother using the technology of the phone, but I didn't get any more of an answer than a look and a harrumph meaning, I took it, "What would you about this stuff."

She also claims that in Nigeria the witches drop cursed money and if you pick it up you'll turn into a dog or some other animal. My suggestion that this was a ploy by the witches to increase their likelihood of being able to pick up lost money themselves wasn't kindly received.

[Krankor]

I guess the woman’s lucky the neighbors didn’t burn her as a witch.

[Stoat]

I guess the woman’s lucky the neighbors didn’t burn her as a witch.

Yes, or stoned to death, another popular leisure activity.

Under sharia law, can women even own a cell phone?  Just curious.  If she had been in a sharia backwater she might find herself beheaded or flogged to death by the State, in full accordance with the law.

[gnarledmaw]

Vampire politics and flying african wizards

[Stoat]

Just amazing, thanks for posting.