Posted: 3/15/2001 10:09:57 AM EDT
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Man Shot Dead As Bulletproof Magic Fails Updated: Thu, Mar 15 12:18 PM EST ACCRA (Reuters) - A Ghanaian man was shot dead by a fellow villager while testing a magic spell designed to make him bulletproof, the official Ghana News Agency reported. Aleobiga Aberima, 23, and around 15 other men from Lambu village, northeast Ghana, had asked a jujuman, or witchdoctor, to make them invincible to bullets. After smearing his body with a concoction of herbs every day for two weeks, Aberima volunteered to be shot to check if the spell had worked. One of the others fetched a rifle and shot Aberima who died instantly from a single bullet. Angry Lambu residents seized the jujuman and beat him severely until a village elder rescued him, the Wednesday report added. Tribal clashes are common in Ghana's far north, where people often resort to witchcraft in the hope of becoming invulnerable to bullets, swords and arrows. |
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This is not the first time this has happened. There was a case like this less than a year ago. I think I would have tested the witchdoctors juju on a pig or something. If they had a full auto the Chiefs whole army could have been wiped out. Let this be a lesson to you out there. When it comes to testing juju the Chief goes first, at all times! |