INDIA: ‘Witch hunters’ kill mother and four children

Police in India are searching for more suspects in connection with the murder of a woman and her four children who were accused of being “witches”. Six people in the eastern state of Orissa have already been arrested, but police believe more people were involved in the crime. The bodies of Mangri Munda and her […]

Police in India are searching for more suspects in connection with the murder of a woman and her four children who were accused of being “witches”.

Six people in the eastern state of Orissa have already been arrested, but police believe more people were involved in the crime.

The bodies of Mangri Munda and her children were found in a well near their home on 26 January.

Senior police officer Kavita Jalan told the BBC that the main accused, who has been arrested, claimed to be a “witch doctor”.