A report said Friday that a Papua New Guinea (PNG) man described as a vampire has been arrested after allegedly murdering his young daughter by biting her neck, eating her flesh and drinking her blood.
Police called the horrific occurrence that took place on Wednesday at a settlement near Lae “an act of cannibalism”.
Local councillor John Kenny, who was one of the first on the scene, was quoted as saying the three-year-old child and her mother were visiting the father when he grabbed the girl and ran off into nearby bushes.
The man is said to have held the toddler close to him, bit deep into her neck, ate the flesh and sucked her blood.
Two boys who happened to be climbing a coconut tree nearby saw him and ran quickly to raise the alarm.
Kenny revealed further: “He was just laughing at the boys and continued eating the flesh and sucking the blood.
The boys were scared and ran quickly to alert the people.” The man reportedly dumped the body in the bushes and ran away when people arrived to investigate. He was however caught and turned over to police.
Papua New Guinea is a sprawling nation where black magic, sorcery and cannibalism sometimes occur. Dozens of people linked to an alleged cannibal cult were arrested last year. They were accused of killing at least seven people, eating their brains raw and making soup from their penises.
Several other recent cases linked to cults, witchcraft and cannibalism have been reported, with a man in 2011 reportedly found eating his screaming, newborn son during a sorcery initiation ceremony.
What a world, if na naija you all know what they will say...mouth sealed!
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