45 people accused of using black magic, Voodoo to spread cholera in Haiti murdered

[The Straight Story]

45 people accused of using black magic, Voodoo to spread cholera in Haiti murdered

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — At least 45 people have been killed across Haiti due to accusations they are using "black magic" to spread cholera, the director of a Voodoo association said Friday.

Most of the killings are occurring in the southern coastal town of Jeremie, where people are being lynched, set on fire and attacked with machetes, said Max Beauvoir, a Voodoo priest. But he said killings also have been reported in Cap Haitien and the Central Plateau.

Local police did not return calls seeking comment on Beauvior's numbers on Christmas Eve, though The Associated Press reported in early December that national police spokesman Frantz Lerebours said machete-wielding mobs had killed a dozen people accused of practicing witchcraft to spread cholera.

Andre Leclerc, a U.N. police spokesman, said Friday he had received reports of only a couple of killings recently, but said that Beauvoir would have more exact figures.

Fear and confusion have surrounded the cholera epidemic, which has killed more than 2,400 people and could affect another 600,000 or more, experts say.


http://lubbockonline.com/health/2010-12-28/45-people-accused-using-black-magic-voodoo-spread-cholera-haiti-murdered

[malaise]

1. Nice spin by the evangelical invaders

They have been lynching Voodoo priests.


I'm an atheist so all religions sicken my stomach but let's call a spade a spade. Voodoo is the indigenous religion of Haitians and they are under attack from RW fundies local and foreign.

[Dogtown]

2. I'm in complete agreement, malaise.

The Fundies want the Dark Ages back.

[SpiralHawk]

3. "There's (smirk) no such thing as Black Magic. Smirk." - xCommander AWOL Bush (R - Crystyun)