[Fwd: Girl dies after exorcism attempt]

March 15 2012 at 03:44pm
By Yogas Nair

An Umlazi teenager, accused by relatives of being possessed by demons,
was tortured for three days and then brutally murdered.

Sinethemba Dlamini, 15, was left lying on the lounge floor with her
intestines next to her at her home in K-Section.

Five relatives, who allegedly killed the teenager during a bizarre,
three-day exorcism, have been charged with murder.

KZN police spokesman, Captain Thulani Zwane, confirmed the incident and
said a case of murder was being investigated. "She was allegedly killed
after her attackers accused her of being possessed by demons."

A police source said the accusation of being demon possessed came after
she had become very withdrawn in recent weeks.

Her ordeal began last Wednesday when she returned home from school. She
was allegedly repeatedly assaulted with a broom, the source said.

People believed a demon was living in her and kept hitting her all over
her body with a broom in an attempt to get the demon to leave her, the
source said.

Sinethemba died after her intestines were pulled out through her vagina,
the source said.

After the intestines were removed, they allegedly waited for her to wake
up and be free of the demon. They claimed that by removing the
intestines she would be cured.