‘Witch hunters’ kill mother and four children in India

    Indian police have arrested six people in connection with the killing of a mother and her four children after being accused of being witches.

    The bodies of Mangri Munda and her children were found in a well near their home in the eastern state of Orissa on 26 January.

    Police are looking for more suspects they believe to have been involved in the crime.

    A senior police officer told the BBC that the main accused, who has been arrested, claimed to be a "witch doctor".

    He had accused Ms Munda and her children, who lived in a tribal settlement in Sundergarh district, of "casting spells" on another family in the village.

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