
Witchcraft & possession linked to UK child abuse as experts fear cases will skyrocket
Child abuse in the UK: Increasing links to belief in witchcraft
Government statistics have shown 1,500 potential abuse cases had links to belief in possession and witchcraft.
"These beliefs are very real and on occasion people are going to take this to extremes where a child can be murdered," Inspector Allen Davis, who leads the Metropolitan Police's response to the issue, told the Independent.
"There are a number of ways that an adult will try to rid the child of the evil they believe is within them. They might try to burn it out, cut it out, strangle it out, drowning can be involved, or starving and beating."
Within Britain there are a number of communities with a "genuine belief" in possession and witchcraft. High-profile cases have emerged in recent years, including the killing of Kristy Bamu and Ayesha Ali.














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