Alleged sorcerer hacked to death

Alleged sorcerer hacked to death

PROBOLINGGO, East Java: Police have arrested three people
suspected of killing a 68-year-old man on suspicion that he
practiced sorcery.

Suparmi's body was found last week badly mutilated in woods in
the Kuripan district, Probolinggo police precinct's chief Ferial
Manaf said over the weekend.

Ferial said, "The victim was hacked to death on suspicion of
practicing black magic," Antara reported. He added that two
suspects are still at large.

The police believe Suparmi was murdered near his home because
they found traces of blood on a coconut tree near his house,
Ferial said. (pan)