An Indian couple and four of their children were hacked to death by a mob of villagers who accused them of practicing witchcraft and making their children sick, The victims were asleep in their mud house in the hamlet of Lahanda in Keonjhar district, when a group of around five people armed with axes broke in.
The suspects, believed to be relatives of the family, accused the victims of being behind for a spate of frequent illnesses among infants in the village
“People believe in superstition because they do not have health care. They are uneducated. Unless we provide them these basic facilities, the situation will not improve,” said secretary of the Odisha Rationalist Society, a charity.
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