straitstimes.com
13 Jul '12, 3am
29 in cannibal cult accused of killing at least seven people,eating their brains raw and making soup from their penises
SYDNEY (AFP) - Police in remote Papua New Guinea have arrested members of an alleged cannibal cult accused of killing at least seven people, eating their brains raw and making soup from their penises, a report said on Friday. The 29 people were part of a 1,000-strong group formed to combat errant sorcerers who The National newspaper said had begun charging exorbitant fees. The cost of a witch doctor revealing a cause of death or casting out an evil spirit was usually 1000 kina (S$600) cash, plus a pig and a bag of rice, but some were also demanding sex as payment. 'It's against our traditional ethics and morals for a sorcerer to have intercourse with a man's wife or teenage daughter,' said one local cult leader .'That was the main cause of frustration that led to the forming of a group to hunt down sorcerers. There is a widespread belief in sorcery in PNG where many people...
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