15 Places That Still Practice Ritual Killings
| December 23, 2016
Nepal
Sacrifice has long been a part of Hinduism, and while most modern practitioners stick to animals such as goats and roosters, some have been known to turn to humans in an effort to please the gods or ward off spirits. A 10-year-old Nepalese boy was thought to be the victim of a human sacrifice in 2015 when his body was discovered in a bush in Kudiya in southern Nepal. A man confessed to slitting the child’s throat on the advice of a shaman in an attempt to “chase away the evil spirits” from his own ailing son. Five people were arrested in connection to the crime.
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