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WEEK IN REVIEW
Saturday


Fireworks blamed in Marysville house fire
Sailors for a day: Naval Station Everett opens ...
Edmonds backs off red-light cameras
Friday
Armed man shot by deputies in Arlington
Police ID make of vehicle in fatal hit-and-run
Boeing's 6-month tally: 1 net order
Thursday


One fire rips through $2 million home, another ...
Swine flu claims 2nd victim in Snohomish County
Jetty Island firefight continues; hot weather ...
Wednesday


Fire District 1 negotiates to take over service...
Snohomish County population rising fast since 2...
Honey's owners indicted by feds
Tuesday


Mobile home tenants along Snohomish River told ...
Lincoln to leave Everett in 2013
Put on your sailor's cap and explore Naval Stat...
Monday


Disabled people will be left without a ride
You'll soon have 4,500 reasons to trade in that...
Pay hike deserved, Monroe chief says
Sunday


1,670 local students in county are without homes
Monroe's business gets done in secret
$9 million to be sought for U.S. 2 in federal t...
 

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Published: Thursday, June 12, 2008

Indian family killed by villagers for 'witchcraft'

GAUHATI, India -- Four members of a family were killed by angry villagers who accused them of practicing witchcraft in India's remote northeast, police and area residents said Wednesday.

The accusations began when a villager died last week after consuming herbal medication given to him by the family, which practiced traditional medicine, said Bhaben Kumar, a neighbor in Koilajuli village, 160 miles northeast of Gauhati, the capital of Assam state.

Several local residents invited the man, his wife, son and daughter-in-law to a village gathering Tuesday, where they were beaten with sticks and pelted with stones until they fell unconscious, Kumar said.

The four were then dumped into a pit and covered with mud, police said.

Many people continue to believe in black magic and dozens of people are beaten or killed every year for practicing witchcraft.

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