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Two individuals have reportedly been lynched over accusations of witchcraft at Zakplasi, a farming community in the Mion district of the Northern Region of Ghana.
The victims: Imoro Safura a mother of seven children believed to be in her forties and Mbaa Chirfo a man also believed to be in his sixties were accused of practicing witchcraft.
The incident which happened in the early hours of Sunday, May 7 ,has received condemnation from a cross-section of the public.
According to sources in the Zakpalsi community, Imoro Safura was chased and lynched at the forecourt of the Zakpalsi Chief palace where she run to seek refuge while Mbaa Chirfo was killed at his own residence.
The report added that two were accused of ‘buying’ sickness for a woman in the community after a soothsayer consulted by the woman's family was called to confirm.
Meanwhile, the Northern Regional Reintegration Committee on Witchcraft Accusation and Disbandment of Alleged Witches Camps has condemned the barbaric lynching of the two persons .
Addressing a press conference in Tamale, the group described the act as an affront to human rights especially as Ghana has signed onto a number of international human rights conventions including CEDAW.
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