Village 'witches' beaten in India

[cykoe6]

More of life's rich multicultural tapestry from India. I can't wait until they all immigrate to the West.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8315980.stm

Five women were paraded naked, beaten and forced to eat human excrement by villagers after being branded as witches in India's Jharkhand state.

Local police said the victims were Muslim widows who had been labelled as witches by a local cleric.

The incident occurred on Sunday in a remote village in Deoghar district.

Correspondents say the abuse of women who are branded as witches is common, but rare footage of the incident has caused outrage across India.

Police went to Pattharghatia village after being informed about the incident by a group of villagers.

'Possessed'

They have lodged a case against 11 villagers, including six women. Four people have been arrested in connection with the incident.

The victims were taken to a playground where hundreds had assembled to watch
Murari Lal Meena
Deputy police inspector general

Armed police have since been deployed to the area.

"On Sunday morning the victims were taken to a playground where hundreds had assembled to watch the ghastly incident," deputy inspector general of police Murari Lal Meena told the BBC.

"No one in the mob came forward to rescue the victims as they were being stripped and beaten up," he said.

[Profits of Doom]

I heard those witches were members of Al Quaeda, so they had it coming...

[Scott McD]

Nice people they got over there...

[_Richard_]

how is that worse than doing the segregation and immurement that you wish for so much?

[fatfoo]

Even after you kill a witch, it can still haunt you. The Indians probably know that already.

But, in this case the witches weren't even killed, just beaten.

I think we can expect much vengeance from the surviving witches.

[cykoe6]

how is that worse than doing the segregation and immurement that you wish for so much?

Segregation and immurement of whom? When have I said I wished for such things? Are you sure you are posting in the correct thread?

[cwd]

well, at least they didn`t burn them, I guess.....

[NetHorse]

I bet they hear about our news of kids being beaten to death at school by gang bangers over the color of their clothes or stories of teenagers with semi-automatic weapons killing 20 of their classmates because they were outcasts and think we are crazy.

BTW, witch farts smell like roses

[baddog]

What are you supposed to do with them?

[potter]

[Jai]

its sad just because a muslim priest told ppl that the girls are witches, that the followers of the priest beat them like that

since when did priests have that much power

[baddog]

since when did priests have that much power

For as long as there has been priests.

[Spunky]

Durka durka Allah Akbar!

[Slick]

That's some pretty fucked up stuff, it makes me feel lucky to live in the US.

[skinnay]

No ignorance in this thread at all...

Don't forget that it was only 50 years ago that people would do that same thing to blacks in the USA. And guess what, fucked up shit still happens in the US. There's plenty of indians who if they heard the news here would feel lucky to live in India. Open your fucking minds a little bit.