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A Cambodian man accused of sorcery was beaten and stoned to death by a mob of about 600 in his village in the southern province of Takeo, local media reported on Tuesday.
Villagers, who accused the 36-year-old traditional healer, Pov Savann, of using black magic to kill seven elderly local people, descended on him on Sunday his home with sticks, clubs and rocks.
The Cambodia Daily newspaper reported that Savann died in the six-hour assault as the initial mob was joined by hundreds of people from neighboring communities.
"My police could not do anything because there were many people who carried stones and clubs and were very violent,’’ local police chief Khut Lo was quoted as saying.
An ambulance coming to the aid of the victim was turned back by the mob, he said, adding that the people who died, though elderly, were not been diagnosed with any disease.
"The villagers believed that they died because of the sorcerer"
In Cambodia's rural provinces, killings of people suspected of practicing witchcraft, usually men working as traditional healers, are not infrequent. Two have been killed this year.
Alleged sorcerers are blamed for woes ranging from deaths in the village to sick livestock or crop failure.
Villagers, who accused the 36-year-old traditional healer, Pov Savann, of using black magic to kill seven elderly local people, descended on him on Sunday his home with sticks, clubs and rocks.
The Cambodia Daily newspaper reported that Savann died in the six-hour assault as the initial mob was joined by hundreds of people from neighboring communities.
"My police could not do anything because there were many people who carried stones and clubs and were very violent,’’ local police chief Khut Lo was quoted as saying.
An ambulance coming to the aid of the victim was turned back by the mob, he said, adding that the people who died, though elderly, were not been diagnosed with any disease.
"The villagers believed that they died because of the sorcerer"
In Cambodia's rural provinces, killings of people suspected of practicing witchcraft, usually men working as traditional healers, are not infrequent. Two have been killed this year.
Alleged sorcerers are blamed for woes ranging from deaths in the village to sick livestock or crop failure.
