Thursday, 2. January 2003

Villagers chase out "witches" over lightning bolts


South African villagers have hounded two elderly men from their homes after accusing them of using witchcraft to direct lightning bolts on to other houses, police said.

Police spokesman Ntobeng Phala told Reuters on Thursday villagers from Bokna Farm in the country's northern province of Limpopo met after three houses were set ablaze by lightning strikes.

¬> Reuters

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