News comes of four women from the Highlands region in Papua New Guinea accused of using sorcery to cause a fatal road crash have been murdered. A BBC report says that it is believed the victims were tortured by fellow villagers in a remote highland region 400km (250 miles) north of capital Port Moresby. It is said that they were forced to confess to witchcraft after they were stabbed with hot metal rods. There is little precedent of prosecuting those involved in incidents such as this; communities are very tight knit and are often no go areas for the police. Human rights campaigners say it is not uncommon in Papua New Guinea for women suspected of witchcraft to be killed. <\/p>\n
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