At Zakpalsi, an agricultural community in the Mion District of the Northern Region, two people—a male and a female—have been lynched on the grounds of witchcraft.

Imoro Safura, a mother of seven in her early 40s, was pursued to the chief’s palace, where she was later lynched.

The victim was slain in his home.

A soothsayer who was consulted by the woman’s family was called in, and the two were allegedly accused of “buying” disease for the woman from the community, according to sources in the area who spoke with the media.

The neighborhood’s teenagers organized to the man’s home, where they killed him.

When the crowd arrived at Safura’s home, she fled to take cover at the chief’s residence after spotting danger.