'Witch' burned in northwestern Colombia .
'Witch' burned in northwestern Colombia .
Sunday, 02 September 2012 05:30 Adriaan Alsema
woman from the northwestern Colombian department of Antioquia has been murdered after being accused of being a witch, local media reported Saturday.
According to the reports, the woman was found dead on Friday in her home in a rural area little more than 10 miles south of Medellin on Friday.
Police had found that she had been beaten to death after which the murderers drenched her lifeless body with gasoline and set fire to it.
The mayor of the Santa Barbara municipality condemned the homicide, calling it an expression of "abhorrent intolerance that resembles the days of the inquisition."
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