70-Year-Old Burnt To Death Over Witchcraft In Kenya

A 70-year old woman was yesterday lynched by angry
residents in Kisii after she was accused of bewitching a
young man in the village....
The woman is said to have cast an evil spell on the man
making him have a miserable life. Sources said that despite
his age of 30, the man showed no interest to women and
did not progress in life, a factor that was caused by the evil
woman.
Fed up with her behaviours, the angry villagers stormed
her house in the evening and demanded to ransack it. She
refused saying that she had not stolen from anyone and
that they did not have a right to check her house.
They accused her of witchcraft and mentioned a number
of cases she was involved in. They claimed that she had
been behind a series of deaths that occurred in the village
including that of her own husband.
They frog marched her to the nearest trading center for all
to see before lynching her.
The area's Assistant Chief who confirmed the incident
condemned it terming it inhuman. He wondered how one
could be killed without any solid evidence. He promised to
take legal action on all those who took part in the exercise.