Eight more skeletons found

Eight more skeletons found

MEDAN: A team of police and forensic experts have found eight
more skeletons, believed to be those of victims of shaman Achmad
Suraji, in Sei Semayang, Deli Serdang regency.

Forty skeletons have been found since police excavations began
there 17 days ago.

The eight skeletons were found Saturday at a sugarcane
plantation, where the other 32 skeletons were discovered.

Police are looking for more skeletons in a one-hectare
excavation area. The shaman is believed to have killed more than
42 women, and have found hundreds of pairs of shoes, according to
Antara.

Achmad Suraji, alias Nasib Kelewang or Datuk, has admitted
killing 42 women to preserve his supernatural power. He said he
had wanted to kill 70.

The Police Rapid Reaction Unit believes there is another mass
grave, several kilometers from the shaman's home. (sur)