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A new book How to Kill a Witch brings a dark period of history back to grisly life – and an official tartan is being released to memorialise some of those who were tortured and killed.

'Witch' Burnings Haunt Kenyan Tribe Eleven people suspected of witchcraft were killed in May, ... The belief in witchcraft thrives in the Kisii tribe, and reprisals are becoming increasingly violent.

KISII, Kenya, June 13 (UPI) -- The deaths of 15 people killed in a witch hunt in western Kenya may be the result of personal vendettas and hatred, some villagers say. Fifteen people, the majority ...

KISII, Kenya — A fertile oasis nestled in the highlands of western Kenya, ... a phenomenon reminiscent of the Salem witch trials in late 17th-century Massachusetts has plunged the close-knit ...

Statistics is just one way to tell the tale of the infamous Salem witch trials. In just 16 months between February 1692 and May 1693, up to 200 people—mostly women—were accused of practicing ...

Kenya: Kisii's Night of Deadly Witch-Hunt. 26 May 2008. ... "As much as we do not support witchcraft, people must also respect human rights," said Kisii Central DC Njoroge Ndirangu.

Villagers, many straight from their farms, and armed with machetes, sticks and axes, are shouting and crowding round in a big group in Kenya's fertile Kisii district. I can't see clearly what is going ...

The Boston grave site of Samuel Sewall, a judge in the 1692-1693 Salem witch trials. (Steve LeBlanc/AP) In 1711, colonial leaders passed a bill clearing the names of some convicted in Salem.

Witch hunters and murderers in Kisii sentenced to 40 years. ... Three of the four murder suspects who were accused of killing four elderly women at Kisii on suspicion of being witches.