They Still Hang Witches

I had to check the story to make sure they had the right century in the date, but its dated today. A witch and her husband were dragged from their home and strung up by a noose. They both managed to survive, but the woman, who was seven months pregnant at the time, delivered her baby while she struggled to free herself.

From News.com.Au here:

A PREGNANT woman in Papua New Guinea who was hung from a tree after being accused of sorcery gave birth to her baby while struggling to free herself.

Nolan Yekum and her husband Paul were dragged from their house and hung from a tree by fellow tribesmen who accused them of sorcery after the couple’s neighbour suddenly died.

The woman and her baby girl, her third child, were doing well in Mt Hagen Hospital after two weeks in hiding.

Her husband said men entered their house in the middle of the night with a rope and tied it round their necks, accusing them of sorcery over their neighbour’s death. They were dragged outside and hung from a tree.

“We managed to loosen the noose to get our feet on the ground … we were able to free ourselves.”

That sounds like a terrifying ordeal. Don’t they have cops in New Guinea? And who is foolish enough to believe in witches in this century, I mean, besides stupid goth kids? Besides, they didn’t even test to see if they were really witches first by seeing if they float.