A seven-year-old girl has been killed in Nepal and her heart and liver cut out and given to another girl to eat in a bizarre witchcraft ritual meant to cure epilepsy.
According to the Nepali language daily "Prabhatkalin" (Dawn), Puttaki Pathan disappeared from her village of Indrapur, in the district of Banke, southwest of Kathmandu on October 4.
After relatives raised the alarm and a lengthy police search, Pathan's body was found in a paddy field nearby. Her heart and liver had been removed.
"It was found out that Narayan Kurmi killed the seven-year-old girl and asked his daughter Sabita Kurmi to eat the heart and liver so that her epilepsy could be cured," the newspaper said.
The newspaper said the investigation was continuing and said police gave no reason for only releasing details of the killing on Saturday -- KATHMANDU (AFP)
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