印度某村庄“女巫”遭毒打

时间：2009-10-21 00:47:53

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Five women were paraded naked, beaten and forced to eat human excrement1 by villagers after being branded as witches in India's Jharkhand state.

印度加尔克汉德州某村五名妇女被村民认定为女巫，并被强迫裸体游街、遭毒打、强迫吃下人类排泄物。

Local police said the victims were Muslim widows who had been labelled as witches by a local cleric（牧师，教士）.

The incident occurred on Sunday in a remote village in Deoghar district.

Correspondents say the abuse of women who are branded as witches is common, but rare footage of the incident has caused outrage2（暴行，侮辱） across India.

Police went to Pattharghatia village after being informed about the incident by a group of villagers.

'Possessed3'

They have lodged4 a case against 11 villagers, including six women. Four people have been arrested in connection with the incident.

Armed police have since been deployed5 to the area.

"On Sunday morning the victims were taken to a playground where hundreds had assembled to watch the ghastly（可怕的，惊人的） incident," deputy inspector6 general of police Murari Lal Meena told the BBC.

"No one in the mob came forward to rescue the victims as they were being stripped and beaten up," he said.

The victims are now under police protection.

Police say that people in Pattharghatia believe that certain women in their village are possessed by a "holy spirit" that can identify those who practise witchcraft7.

"These women recently identified five women from the same village as being witches who practised witchcraft and brought miseries8 to the area," a police official said.

Soon, an unruly（难控制的，无法无天的） mob broke into their huts, dragged them out and started beating them up.

Footage of the incident has been aired on television channels in India prompting outrage.

Hundreds of people, mostly women, have been killed in India because their neighbours thought they were witches.

Experts say superstitious9（迷信的） beliefs are behind some of these attacks, but there are occasions when people - especially widows - are targeted for their land and property.


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1 excrement IhLzw     
n.排泄物，粪便
参考例句：
  • The cage smelled of excrement.笼子里粪臭熏人。
  • Clothing can also become contaminated with dust,feathers,and excrement.衣着则会受到微尘、羽毛和粪便的污染。
2 outrage hvOyI     
n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒
参考例句：
  • When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
  • We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。
3 possessed xuyyQ     
adj.疯狂的；拥有的，占有的
参考例句：
  • He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
  • He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。
4 lodged cbdc6941d382cc0a87d97853536fcd8d     
v.存放( lodge的过去式和过去分词 )；暂住；埋入；（权利、权威等）归属
参考例句：
  • The certificate will have to be lodged at the registry. 证书必须存放在登记处。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Our neighbours lodged a complaint against us with the police. 我们的邻居向警方控告我们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 deployed 4ceaf19fb3d0a70e329fcd3777bb05ea     
（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用
参考例句：
  • Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
  • The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
6 inspector q6kxH     
n.检查员，监察员，视察员
参考例句：
  • The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
  • The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
7 witchcraft pe7zD7     
n.魔法，巫术
参考例句：
  • The woman practising witchcraft claimed that she could conjure up the spirits of the dead.那个女巫说她能用魔法召唤亡灵。
  • All these things that you call witchcraft are capable of a natural explanation.被你们统统叫做巫术的那些东西都可以得到合情合理的解释。
8 miseries c95fd996533633d2e276d3dd66941888     
n.痛苦( misery的名词复数 )；痛苦的事；穷困；常发牢骚的人
参考例句：
  • They forgot all their fears and all their miseries in an instant. 他们马上忘记了一切恐惧和痛苦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • I'm suffering the miseries of unemployment. 我正为失业而痛苦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 superstitious BHEzf     
adj.迷信的
参考例句：
  • They aim to deliver the people who are in bondage to superstitious belief.他们的目的在于解脱那些受迷信束缚的人。
  • These superstitious practices should be abolished as soon as possible.这些迷信做法应尽早取消。

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