A murderer is being sought by police after a 43-year-old “sorcerer” was killed in Pursat province’s Kandieng district on Thursday night, after he allegedly provoked villagers with threats of black magic.
Cheng Poy, 43, was found dead after he was beaten near his home in the Damrei Sar village of Koh Chhum commune, while returning home from drinking palm wine with his friends in the village, Kandieng district deputy police chief Chheang Leng said yesterday.
He added that Cheng Poy’s body had sustained injuries to the back of his head and his face had been beaten beyond recognition, prompting police to conclude that a large wooden stick had been used by the murderer in the fatal attack.
“The villagers accused him of knowing sorcery and maybe [the killer] was someone who used to argue with him and threaten him,” he said yesterday. More...
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