
facing charges of witchcraft.
The horrific burning happened in the Western Highlands provincial capital of Mount Hagen. As unbelievable as it sounds, the young woman was stripped naked by a group of vigilantes who then tortured her with a hot rod of iron, poured gasoline on her, and lit a pile of old tires and trash afire and placed her on top.
Even more horrific is the fact that the gruesome photos of the horrible accused witch burned alive were actually printed in local newspapers like The National and Post-Courier in Papua New Guinea. It appears that the family of a 6-year-old boy who had died the day before accused the 20-year-old mother of witchcraft.
Unbelievably, none of the Mount Hagen authorities have been able to come up with even one suspect in this horrible murder. This happened in the middle of the day in front of hundreds of people, and yet not one arrest has been made.
It is incredibly difficult to believe that something this horrific happened in 2013. It was bad enough that so many women suffered and died by being burned at the stake as witches centuries ago.
Source: Accused witch burned alive: 20-year-old mother dead after accusation - National Strange News | Examiner.com