An elderly Indian woman accused
of practising witchcraft has been stripped naked and beheaded by villagers in
the state of Assam, police say.
They said that 63-year-old Purni
Orang had been blamed for illness in the tribal settlement.
Seven people, including two
women, have been arrested over her killing.
Police in Assam say nearly 90
people, mostly women, have been beheaded, burnt alive or stabbed to death after
such accusations over the last six years.
Branding women as witches is particularly
prevalent among tribal communities and tea plantation workers in the state.
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