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Man sacrifices 10 year old boy “to chase evil spirits” away from his sick son

Nine people face charges of murdering a 10-year-old boy in a human sacrifice ritual in Nepal.

A neighbour in Nepal is said to have confessed to cutting Jivan Kohar's throat “to chase away the evil spirits” from his own sick son.

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