Unofficial sources put the deaths at between 300 - 500. Independent Newspapers.
June 20, 1996 - Article states "The precise statistics are not known, but the deaths (due to witch hunts) number in the hundreds each year. and the trend appears to be on the rise" Mail and Guardian.
June 30, 1996 - In Lusaka, husband accuses wife of practicing witchcraft, eldest son strips mother naked and beats her. Sunday Mail.
July 6, 1996 - In Zaire, parents of a young boy died of Ebola. Boy was kicked out of village under accusations of witchcraft, and he passed through three other villages before being apprehended by Vanga Health workers. Mission Report.
July 19, 1996 - Teen daughters in a village near Hammanskraal burned 55-year old mother to death for witchcraft. Mother was dragged from bed at around 3:00 am, driven to a patch of dense bush, doused with petrol and burnt. Independent Newspapers.
July 19, 1996 - In a village near Libode in Transkei, a panga (machete) wielding mob hacked to death three elderly women for practicing witchcraft. Independent Newspapers.
September 27, 1996 - 52 youths, between the ages of 14 - 26 were charged in connection with the murder of 33 "witches" in 1994. In the first half of 1996, 676 witchcraft-related cases were reported in the Northern Province. Weekly Mail & Guardian.
December 13, 1996 - In Saudi Arabia a Syrian man was beheaded in public for practicing witchcraft. Reuters.
December 17, 1996 - In Mbala, a 70-year old woman was buried alive for suspected witchcraft. The Post.
December 21, 1996 - A mob of angry young Ivorians severely attacked five people accused of witchcraft in the village of Voueboufla (Gambia). One person died and two are in deep comas and the other two are in serious condition. Africa News Service.
March 20, 1997 - Meningitis kills 542 in Ghana, witch hunts launched. A mob killed three middle-aged women in the village of Yoggu, accusing them of spreading the disease through witchcraft.
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