"Witchdoctor' arrested after claiming to have killed 110 children


	"Witchdoctor' arrested after claiming to have killed 110 children

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12-4-2008 1:02 PM

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12-4-2008 2:21 PM

darkduskx

This is the darkest side of religion possible. He sounds like a Spanish Inquisitor proud to get rid of "witches"

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f1283191-ca9e-4fc5-a2a3-843c4f319e98/7C84BC4D-BC2B-4792-AF33-E4628DE81561/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081203/od_nm/us_nigeria_witchdoctor" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081203/od_nm/us_nigeria_witchdoctor" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081203/od_nm/us_nigeria_witchdoctor"><P>UYO, Nigeria (Reuters) – 
Police have arrested a man in southeastern Nigeria who said in a television documentary he had killed 110 children he believed to be possessed by <SPAN id="lw_1228322808_0" class="yshortcuts">evil spirits</SPAN>, officials said on Wednesday.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081203/od_nm/us_nigeria_witchdoctor"><P>
Rights campaigners say fraudulent pastors or "witchdoctors" in some parts of <SPAN id="lw_1228322808_1" class="yshortcuts">Nigeria</SPAN> convince parents that their children are possessed and will bring misfortune such as divorce or disease so as to extort money to perform exorcisms.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081203/od_nm/us_nigeria_witchdoctor"><P>
Some accused children fall into the hands of <SPAN id="lw_1228322808_2" class="yshortcuts">child trafficking</SPAN> networks after being handed over by their parents.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081203/od_nm/us_nigeria_witchdoctor"><P>
"We are working on the orders of the state governor to arrest all those involved in all <SPAN id="lw_1228322808_3" class="yshortcuts">forms of child abuse</SPAN> and trafficking," Akwa Ibom state's commissioner for information, Aniekan Umanah, told Reuters.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081203/od_nm/us_nigeria_witchdoctor"><P>
"I am not denying that I am a witchdoctor, but what I killed are witches in my patients with herbs, not children," Ulup-Aya said while in detention.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7C84BC4D-BC2B-4792-AF33-E4628DE81561/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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