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BBC NEWS | Africa | Horror of Kenya's 'witch' lynchings
BBC NEWS | Africa | Horror of Kenya's 'witch' lynchings
Joseph Ondieki, at the grave of his mother, who was burned as a witch
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Gates of Vienna — ... Horror of Kenya’s ‘Witch’ Lynchings Villagers, many straight from their farms, and armed with machetes, sticks and axes, are shouting and crowding round in a big group in Kenya’s fertile Kisii district. I can’t see clearly what is going on, but heavy smoke is rising from the ground and a horrible stench fills the air. More people are streaming up the hill, some of them with firewood and maize stalks. Suddenly an old woman breaks from the crowd, screaming for mercy. Three or four people go ...

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talkingpointsmemo.com 6/6/2009 — "Modern day lynchings" seem to happen to people who get caught trying to do old-fashioned lynchings.