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Hundreds travel to see resurrected taxi driver

April 6, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

In South Africa hundreds of people have travelled to meet and talk to Nkosinathi Ntsente who was shot, died and buried eight years ago.

Ntsente now spends his day re-telling the same story to the crowds who walk great distances to talk to him. “I’m tried of telling the same story, the whole day, every day,” he told the Daily Dispatch.

Ntsente story begins when he saw the gunmen approach in a white minibus and how a man near him and who looked very similar to him was riddled with bullets. It was this badly injured “double” that was taken to St. Barnabus Hospital in Libode.

Witch teacher blamed for exam failure

April 6, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

In Kenya, students of the Kakamega blamed surprisingly bad exam marks on a local teacher who, it is claimed, had been engaged in witchcraft.

Girls from Form Three and Form Four stated that personal effects had been taken by the teacher to local magicians in order to be cleansed. The teacher is said to have been liaising with magicians over the term period in order to help boost the student’s academic abilities.

Man chops his aunt’s hand off after claims of witchcraft

February 2, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Digirikani resident Kwekwe Tayari is receiving treatment in the Coast Provincial General Hospital after her nephew and lodger severed her hand with a type of machete known as a panga.

Tayari’s nephew had previously threatened violence, blaming his poor health on her witchcraft. On Saturday he attacked her and her son, Ramadhan Tayari, who attempted to rescue her before fleeing the scene.

Mombasa police have launched a manhunt.

Police arrest shape-shifting goat for armed robbery

January 23, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Police in Nigeria have confirmed to reports that they are holding a black and white goat in custody after a vigilante mob brought the animal in to the station.

The local men explained to police that the goat was a male witch. The man was armed and had attempted to steal a car. He had then used black magic to shapeshift into goat form in order to escape.

Pictures of the goat appeared in Nigeria’s Vanguard newspaper.

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