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Villagers kill five over witchcraft allegations

Villagers in a rural part of eastern India have killed five women whom they accused of practising witchcraft, police said Saturday.

Police in eastern Jharkhand state said a group of assailants dragged the women out of their huts and beat them to death at around midnight Friday in Kanjia village, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) from state capital Ranchi.

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