Sunday, February 06, 2011

Man caught eating baby

Residents of a Papua New Guinea mining town say they found a man with a history of drug abuse allegedly eating his screaming, newborn son during a sorcery initiation ceremony. Police said locals on the outskirts of the town of Tabubil, in Western Province, woke on Thursday to the screams of the baby. Beset with the grisly sight of the father allegedly eating his child, an angry mob chased him to the police station where he was detained after a short struggle.

Police said the discovery was too late to save the baby, who died of his injuries. Tabubil police commander Demas Tapea said officers had detained a man and his wife to assist them with their inquiries. "It is a very disturbing incident," Sergeant Tapea said.



"The community is upset, angry but there is also a lot of fear and anxiety because there is a belief in sorcery or witchcraft." Sgt Tapea said the main suspect was known to police. "Locals are saying the man was carrying out a sorcery ritual, or initiation, to become part of some sort of special society," he said.

"The suspect has a long history of drug abuse and we are not surprised something like this has happened. A few years ago, he went crazy in what we believe was due to the effects of drugs," he said.

3 comments:

Muzzman said...

Having been to Tabubil a number of times with work (it is basically a town that exists only to support the Ok Tedi Mine), most people in that area would not risk doing anything wrong in case they get thrown out of the town. The mine provides a LOT of income for the area and has a very strict drug policy and there is not too many people who would go against that - hence the reaction of the other people (chasing). Although if something like this can happen in a town that is as secure and safe as Tabubil it makes you wonder what else is going on in the jungles of PNG that no-one else gets to see...

kolymatram said...

nothing to do with the subject : what's Misery bear doing there ????

arbroath said...

Heh heh!

I think it was someone photographing their teddy bear at 'teddy' related places.

It says 'OK TEDI' on the sign.