印度東部比哈爾邦普爾尼亞地區的坦塔村發生駭人命案。一戶家庭被逾50名村民指控施展巫遭棍棒毆打後裝入麻袋、潑灑柴油活活燒死，焦屍更被棄置池塘。警方耗時12小時才打撈到遺體。
#Horrific Due to superstition 5 members of a family were burnt alive. The incident is from Tetgama village of Mufassil police station area of Purnia in Bihar where 250 people surrounded the women calling them witches, then beat them and then burnt them alive.... pic.twitter.com/O4uODfcH9J
— The Dalit Voice (@ambedkariteIND) July 7, 2025
16歲倖存者控訴：母親被指「食細路」
慘案中唯一生還的16歲少年向警方表示，暴徒主要針對其60歲母親茜達，指控她從事巫術，「吃了我們的孩子」。其他家人因試圖保護母親而一同遇害。茜達的母親哭訴，兇徒一開始就指名要她女兒出來，隨即施暴。
The recent tragedy in Bihar’s Purnea district, where five members of a family—including three women—were brutally murdered and their bodies burned on suspicion of witchcraft, has once again exposed the numbing brutality and scale of witch-hunting in India.
— Outlook India (@Outlookindia) July 8, 2025
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疑與兒童死亡有關 3嫌犯已落網
當地警官夏爾馬指出，事件可能與村內一名兒童日前死亡有關。目前已有3名村民被捕，其中1人涉嫌散布巫術謠言。警方表示調查困難，因多數村民拒絕配合。
學者：部落地區巫術指控常見
長期研究當地部落的斯里瓦斯塔瓦教授表示，在錫曼查爾與科西地區的原住部落中，指控他人施巫術的情況相當普遍。
在錫曼查爾與科西地區的原住部落中，指控他人施巫術的情況相當普遍。資料圖片
遺體傷痕累累 警方持續追查
法醫檢驗顯示，5具遺體都有嚴重燒傷和鈍器傷痕。警方正擴大追捕其他涉案村民，並加強當地巡邏，防止報復事件發生。
Purnia, Bihar: DSP Pankaj Kumar Sharma says, "...A 16-year-old boy from the family, named Sonu Kumar, had gone to his maternal grandparents' home at the time of the incident. He was the one who informed the authorities about the incident. According to him, the entire village was… pic.twitter.com/BiujdqN6Du
— IANS (@ians_india) July 7, 2025
