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Mother and infant burnt to death in Indian state over witchcraft allegations
Four people have been arrested in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand for allegedly burning to death a woman and her 10-month-old son on suspicion of practising witchcraft earlier this week.
The woman's husband, who was also attacked, suffered severe burns and is in hospital.
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According to the National Crime Records Bureau, more than 2,500 people, mostly women, were killed in India on suspicion of witchcraft between 2000 and 2016.
Tuesday's murder of Jyoti Sinku and her son occurred months after five members of a family in neighbouring Bihar state were brutally killed and allegedly burned alive on accusations of practising witchcraft.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98q93gdy3do
The woman's husband, who was also attacked, suffered severe burns and is in hospital.
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According to the National Crime Records Bureau, more than 2,500 people, mostly women, were killed in India on suspicion of witchcraft between 2000 and 2016.
Tuesday's murder of Jyoti Sinku and her son occurred months after five members of a family in neighbouring Bihar state were brutally killed and allegedly burned alive on accusations of practising witchcraft.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98q93gdy3do
That's over a hundred a year!
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