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5 women killed in eastern India for allegedly practising witchcraft

Xinhua, August 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

Five women were killed by villagers in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand for allegedly practising "witchcraft" at midnight Friday, said local media Saturday.

Press Trust of India quoted police as saying a group of villagers used lathis and sharp edged weapons to kill the women in a village near the state capital Ranchi. The bodies of the victims have been recovered by police.

At least 400 women were killed for allegedly practicing witchcraft since 2001 and over 50 killed in 2013 alone in the state, one of the poorest and most backward in India, according to official estimates.

Meanwhile, the National Crime Records Bureau in Delhi said about 2,100 women were killed between 2000 and 2012 across India for alleged witchcraft. Endi