BURMA – Tun Naing, a Burmese exorcist, has pleaded guilty to the murder of three young children, a three year old boy, two year old girl and a baby. After telling their parents their children were possessed, Naing punched and kicked two toddlers and an eight-month-old baby to death last month in a tiny village outside Yangon. He put the villagers in a ‘trance’ and then killed the children over two days as their families watched. Speaking as police led him away from the court hearing, Naing said, ‘I did it because I lost control of my mind at that time as the dark spirit took over me.’
A police report confirmed the bodies of the children showed evidence of being punched, kicked and stamped on.
Naing had also attempted to hide the bodies.
The uncle of the dead boy said the villagers lost their senses after Naing fed them ‘blessed’ water and made them stand in a circle as he recited incantations, “Because of what he did everyone was out of their mind. I still feel afraid of something in my mind. I don’t understand what is happening… Some people have gone to other mystics to release themselves from the curse.’
Local lieutenant-major Kyaw Naing Soe said the ‘exorcist’ put the villagers into a trance, then killed the children as they watched.
Hospital workers alerted authorities after the father of another little girl, aged four, who had been beaten brought her to hospital covered in bruises.
Naing could face death sentence if found guilty on all counts.
A trial date is yet to be set.
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