Two men jailed for plot to kill president with witchcraft in Zambia

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Two men sentenced to prison in Zambia for plotting to kill president with witchcraft

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — A judge in Zambia on Monday sentenced two men to two-year terms in prison with hard labour after they were convicted of plotting to kill the president using witchcraft. The men, a Zambian and a Mozambican national, were...

Duo jailed for plotting to kill Zambia president with witchcraft

A judge in Zambia has sentenced two men to two-year terms in prison with hard labour after they were convicted of plotting to kill the president using witchcraft. The men, a Zambian and a Mozambican national, were convicted under a colonial-era...

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2 jailed for attempts to bewitch Zambia's president

Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema says he does not believe in witchcraft/ScreengrabA court in Zambia has sentenced two men to two years in prison for attempting to use witchcraft to kill President Hakainde Hichilema.Zambian Leonard Phiri and...

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Two men jailed for attempting to bewitch and kill Zambia’s president

A court in Zambia has sentenced two men to two years in prison for attempting to use witchcraft to kill President Hakainde Hichilema. Zambian Leonard Phiri and Mozambican Jasten Mabulesse Candunde were convicted under the Witchcraft Act after...

2 men sentenced to prison in Zambia for plotting to kill the president with witchcraft

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EXTRA: Zambian court jails two men for attempting to bewitch president

A court in Zambia has sentenced two men to two years in prison for attempting to use witchcraft to kill President Hakainde Hichilema. The BBC reports that Leonard Phiri, a Zambian, and Jasten Mabulesse Candunde, a Mozambican, were convicted under...

Court Jails Two Men In Zambia For Attempting To 'Bewitch, Kill' President Hichilema

A Zambian court has sentenced two men, Leonard Phiri and Jasten Mabulesse Candunde, to two years in prison for attempting to use "witchcraft" to kill President Hakainde Hichilema. The conviction marks a rare enforcement of Zambia's Witchcraft Act....

Men jailed for attempting to bewitch and kill Zambia's president

A court in Zambia has sentenced two men to two years in prison for attempting to use witchcraft to kill President Hakainde Hichilema. Zambian Leonard Phiri and Mozambican Jasten Mabulesse Candunde were convicted under the Witchcraft Act after...

Two men found guilty of witchcraft plot to kill Zambia’s president

Two men have been convicted in Zambia of planning to use witchcraft to kill the president, Hakainde Hichilema. Leonard Phiri, a village chief, and Jasten Mabulesse Candunde, a Mozambican citizen, were arrested in December after a cleaner reported...

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