Toddler Killed After Suspected Exorcism
- 12 years ago
Toddler Killed After Suspected Exorcism - as part of the news series by GeoBeats.
Evil spirits and corresponding rituals to get rid of them are usually seen in horror movies. However, a Malaysian toddler was killed after her family allegedly participated in an exorcism on Sunday.The three-year-old girl died of suffocation when a group of eight adults piled on top of her face-down body, while under a blanket in a dark bedroom. The group consisted of the toddler’s parents, grandmother, uncle, aunt, two cousins and a maid. Police broke into home after receiving a tip and overheard chanting coming from the cluster of people from under the comforter. All eight members of the group have been arrested.
While some spiritual rituals are harmless, many stir major controversies. A village in India throws toddlers from a fifty-foot tower as part of a long-practiced ritual. The 500 year old tradition claims to make babies stronger. The falling toddlers are awaited by a sprawling bed sheet that acts as a trampoline of sorts, and from there they are quickly passed to their mothers.
Evil spirits and corresponding rituals to get rid of them are usually seen in horror movies. However, a Malaysian toddler was killed after her family allegedly participated in an exorcism on Sunday.The three-year-old girl died of suffocation when a group of eight adults piled on top of her face-down body, while under a blanket in a dark bedroom. The group consisted of the toddler’s parents, grandmother, uncle, aunt, two cousins and a maid. Police broke into home after receiving a tip and overheard chanting coming from the cluster of people from under the comforter. All eight members of the group have been arrested.
While some spiritual rituals are harmless, many stir major controversies. A village in India throws toddlers from a fifty-foot tower as part of a long-practiced ritual. The 500 year old tradition claims to make babies stronger. The falling toddlers are awaited by a sprawling bed sheet that acts as a trampoline of sorts, and from there they are quickly passed to their mothers.