Accused witch tortured, burned alive in New Guinea

A woman accused of witchcraft was stripped, tortured and bound, then burned her alive in front of hundreds of witnesses in a Papua New Guinea town, police said Friday, February 8, 2013.

Kepari Leniata, a 20-year-old who had a child, had been accused of sorcery by relatives of a 6-year-old boy who died in the hospital the day before, police spokesman Dominic Kakas said. She was tortured with a hot iron rod, bound, doused in gasoline, then set alight on a pile of car tires and trash in the Western Highlands provincial capital of Mount Hagen, Kakas said.

Police Commissioner Tom Kulunga described the murder as "shocking and devilish.""We are in the 21st century and this is totally unacceptable," Commissioner Kulunga said in a statement.

Deputy Police Commissioner Simon Kauba described the victim's husband as the "prime suspect." The husband had fled the province.

Not a single arrest was made.

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