Police conduct witch hunt on Thakandhoo after children allegedly possessed by evil spirits
12 Sep 2013, 7:16 PM
Leah Malone
Additional reporting by Ahmed Nazeer
A police team have been searching for black magic practitioners on Thakandhoo Island in Haa Alif Atoll after some islanders “purposefully” contacted the Maldives Police Service (MPS) and claimed Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) supporters were responsible for the possession of four local children by evil spirits, according to an island council source.
The police arrived on the island around 10:00am yesterday morning and started inspecting houses. Their search is based on information police intelligence received, Thakandhoo Island Council Vice President Ibrahim Shaheed told local media.
The police team is inspecting individual houses under a court warrant, a police media official told Sun Online.
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