PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 20, 2013) – A Filipino woman accused by her neighbors as a witch died due to loss of blood after she was stabbed in her sleep by a lone assailant who sneaked into their thatched house in Aurora town in the southern province of Zamboanga del Sur.
Police said the 33-year old Rosalita Requina died while being rushed to hospital by her husband. It said the assailant sneaked under Requina’s house shortly after midnight and stabbed her through the bamboo flooring.
The woman’s husband said his wife was stabbed in her behind and was not even aware of her wound until they realized she was wounded.
Police said Requina was rushed to the Lagare Medical Clinic in the town, but was pronounced “dead on arrival” by the physician.
Investigators said villagers accused the woman as a witch, but it was not immediately known whether the killing was connected to the allegations.
Filipinos are traditionally superstitious despite the Philippines being a largely Catholic country. And Zamboanga is a place where many locals believe in the supernatural and black magic and a long list of superstitious beliefs handed down from past generations. (Mindanao Examiner)
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