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Thursday 19 April 2012

Woman faces death penalty for witchcraft after 'casting spell on 13-year-old shopper'

A Sri Lankan woman has been arrested on suspicion of casting a spell on a 13-year-old girl on a shopping trip in Saudi Arabia.

She may face the death penalty as the Middle Eastern country is known to behead convicted sorcerers.      

Police spokesman Mesfir al-Juayed confirmed yesterday that details of the woman's arrest published in local media were correct.       

The daily Okaz reported that a Saudi man had complained his daughter had 'suddenly started acting in an abnormal way and that happened after she came close to the Sri Lankan woman' in a large shopping mall in the port city of Jeddah.         Read More  

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