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article image"Witchcraft" Couple Burnt to Death on Pyre

Posted May 4, 2007 by  kylalynn in Crime | 11 comments | 443 views
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Rural areas of India remain deeply superstitious, and an elderly couple from Hyderabad in southern India, were burnt to death on a pyre by a mob who believed they were practising witchcraft.
70 year old Sayilu Pandla, and his wife, 65 year old Pochamma, were dragged out of their hut in the village of Upputimmayapalli, beaten, before being set on fire, by a crowd that included some of their relatives.
The mob was led by a relative of the two, who accused them of casting spells to make his daughter ill. Their protests of innocence went unheard, and they were burnt alive on a pyre.

Some of the mob have been arrested and charged with murder.

District superintendent of police - RB Naik, said,
"This is an uncivilised act and it will be dealt with very sternly,"


What do the people expect to achieve from such atrocious act's of violence. The poor elderly couple. May they RIP.
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  • avatar Posted May 4, 2007 by  Samantha A. Torrence
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    This is an interesting article.

    Witchcraft was originally deemed as the act of cursing, but that word has taken on new meaning in this day and age. Might I suggest you change the word witchcraft to cursing or dark magic?

    Anyway, I feel for the couple. I have to wonder what they did to have so many people afraid of them though. It seems to me there may be more to the story than a family feud.
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  • avatar Posted May 4, 2007 by  666divine
    		#2
    I think this is the second article in a week about someone being burned at the stake for being feared as being a witch. I suppose not all people are living in the second millennium. These places should be posted in the travel section as places you do not want to visit, ya know, just in case, they mistake you for a w.....
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  • avatar Posted May 4, 2007 by  cruiseroo
    		#3
    And here we think the world is so advanced...maybe just on our side of the ocean...but then I'm sure we could argue that one.
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  • avatar Posted May 4, 2007 by  666divine
    		#4
    @ cruiseroo:
    And here we think the world is so advanced...maybe just on our side of the ocean...but then I'm sure we could argue that one.

    You'll have no argument about that one with me. LOL
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  • avatar Posted May 4, 2007 by  Right-winger
    		#5
    Yeah, in the good ole west we only lynch people for things like race and sexual orientation! Shoot we ain't burn a witch at the stake for a few hundred years now!
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  • avatar Posted May 4, 2007 by  666divine
    		#6
    @ Right-winger:
    Yeah, in the good ole west we only lynch people for things like race and sexual orientation! Shoot we ain't burn a witch at the stake for a few hundred years now!

    ...nor have we sacrificed any virgins like the Maya or was it the Atez...but I suppose we can always start.
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  • avatar Posted May 4, 2007 by  Right-winger
    		#7
    @ 666divine:
    ...nor have we sacrificed any virgins like the Maya or was it the Atez...but I suppose we can always start.

    You know any "virgins" that can be sacrificed? I prefer to use the method of impalement, and I've got just the rod...
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  • avatar Posted May 4, 2007 by  666divine
    		#8
    Here's a joke an old friend once told me.

    A tourist was in Hawaii and he noticed the native priest throwing virgins in the volcano as a sacrifice to the gods in hopes of rain.. After a few virgins were thrown in, he stopped and asked why they chose the virgins, to which the men replied, "well, you don't want us throwing our sluts in now do ya"
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  • avatar Posted May 4, 2007 by  Right-winger
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    @ 666divine:
    Here's a joke an old friend once told me.

    A tourist was in Hawaii and he noticed the native priest throwing virgins in the volcano as a sacrifice to the gods in hopes of rain.. After a few virgins were thrown in, he stopped and asked why they chose the virgins, to which the men replied, "well, you don't want us throwing our sluts in now do ya"

    Great joke, and very true if you think about it!
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  • avatar Posted May 4, 2007 by  666divine
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    @ Right-winger:
    Great joke, and very true if you think about it!

    Yeah, that's why I added it in there. So what have you done with the baby oil? LOL
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  • avatar Posted May 4, 2007 by  Right-winger
    		#11
    @ 666divine:
    Yeah, that's why I added it in there. So what have you done with the baby oil? LOL

    I have it close by, and ready to be doused on whatever...
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