Today's round up of deluded dupes takes us first to Malaysia, where a man held his wife, mother and three daughters captive for over seven hours after accusing the two adult females of using black magic on him according to thestar.com.my. The police were alerted by neighbors after they heard cries from women in the house and they were unable to get a reply when knocking at the door.
The lead police negotiator told reporters that he tried to 'use religion to pacify the man to lay down his weapon and surrender but that didn't work.'
He also added that he 'noticed during the negotiation, the man was mumbling weird chants and knew this was a non-negotiable case.'
The siege was satisfactorily concluded, although all of the hostages sustained minor injuries, according to the report.
A bizarre tale which perhaps has lost something in translation reaches us via gulf-times.com. The report recounts a tale of a Pakistani man who has been sentenced to death for murder by a court in Doha.
The man apparently used to 'accompany' his victim on car journeys to 'various places.' According to the article, the victim decided to 'break up' with his traveling companion and future murderer at which point the accused traveled back to his home country where he used 'black magic' in order to get their friendship 'back on track.'
The report goes on to say that ' This never worked out, so he started a fight with [the] victim when he came back to Doha and killed him.'
Hmmm......
Meanwhile, at Dubai airport, emirates247.com tell us that a man has been detained for suspected sorcery, although the report does not elaborate on his fate. The man was detained on suspicion of witchcraft after arriving from Africa whilst wearing twenty belts around his waist. The belts made from, amongst other things, animal skin, animal bones and papers with symbols written on them, also had 'improved buckles' and locks meaning that they were for permanent wear.
Further examination of the travelers luggage also revealed he was carrying 'candles, a couple of belts, dead scorpions, a rope made of braided human hair and drawings with unusual symbols.'
Hassan Ibrahim, Senior Inspections Officer at Dubai Customs told reporters 'These practices are completely illegal in our country, against our regulations, and these sorcerers are dangerous to our society and a threat to the safety of the UAE.'
No comments:
Post a Comment