The children – three boys and a girl ranging from seven to 15 months old, "suffered abuse from the healer who was treating them", according to Wilfrid Brisson, an official from the town of Marbial. "They were then abandoned in their mother's bed," he said. According to neighbours, the sorcerer – who was assisted by his brother – persuaded the victims' mother that the children were possessed by a demon and said he could rid their soul of the devil. The witch doctor and his brother beat the children repeatedly, in steps they said were necessary to expel the demon, and the youngsters died from the blows, said Mr Brisson. The alleged killers have apparently fled to the capital Port-au-Prince. An investigation by authorities in Marbial is under way and the children's mother is in custody.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/haiti/9450422/Four-Haiti-children-die-after-being-treated-by-witch-doctor.html
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