Indian children may have been ‘sacrificed’

BBC News
Thursday, March 18, 2010

Five children poisoned to death in a village in India may have been “sacrificed”, police say.

They say that the children were killed in Maharashtra state by a childless couple in a suspected black magic ritual to enable them to conceive.

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The couple and parents of the accused husband have been arrested. Officials say post-mortem results are awaited.

Black magic is sometimes carried out in poorer parts of India by people who believe it will provide benefits.

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