They said she had been killed by a sorcerer’s black magic, and accused a woman who had encountered the baby that morning.
They dragged her out of her house, on the outskirts of Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea.
They broke her hands, tied them to a pole, and burned her back and her belly with hot metal bars.
I don’t even know what a sorcerer is.”Cases like Korai’s are disturbingly common in Papua New Guinea.
They seem to reflect continued widespread belief that evil spirits exist, and that when tragedy strikes, black magic is the cause.
Persons:
“, ”, Korai
Locations:
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea