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India struggles to ban witch hunting

Dukhu Majhi, who moved with her family to a room near a larger city after she was accused of being a witch, gathers mangoes with her husband and children during a visit to the home they were chased from, in a village in the eastern state of Jharkhand, India, on May 9. THE NEW YORK TIMES/Samyukta Lakshmi

They ushered the young woman into their home and closed the door behind her. Then the beating began.

"You are a witch," shouted one of the attackers as she, her parents and her uncle rained punches, kicks and slaps on the 26-year-old woman's stomach, chest and face.

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